CUPE members push for better working conditions and public health care during Continuing Care Month

“In celebration of Continuing Care Month, we would like to take this opportunity to recognize the incredible work and dedication of health care team members across Nova Scotia, including the 10,000 home support, acute care and long-term care workers represented by CUPE,” says Nan McFadgen, president of the Nova Scotia division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “We acknowledge and thank all front-line health care workers,” adds Louise Riley, chairperson of CUPE’s Long-Term Care and Community Services Coordinating Committee, “and this week, we celebrate the compassion, strength, and dedication of continuing care assistants (CCAs), and all team members, without whom health care would not be possible.” Nova Scotia’s health care system depends on the commitment and work of team members. Yet, we have a crisis in hiring and retaining staff in almost all classifications. “Our government needs to show respect for all employees in order to address this … Read more…

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CUPE Nova Scotia statement of solidarity with the people of Iran

CUPE Nova Scotia stands in solidarity with the Iranian people’s mass uprising against the autocratic and repressive Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iranian regime has unleashed its state security to quash the protestors and has so far brutalized, arrested, detained and murdered thousands of protestors. Despite this, the Iranian people have continued to defy the state and take over the streets. We are in awe of, grateful for, and inspired by their bravery. On September 16, 2022, Iran’s so-called “morality police” murdered Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, for wearing clothes deemed inappropriate. In the aftermath, a mass movement protesting the Islamic Republic’s autocratic rule, unprecedented since the 1979 Revolution, has erupted in over a hundred cities nationwide. It is critical to recognize the feminist nature of the uprisings: Iranian women are leading the movement in large part through removing the mandatory headscarf in defiance of the state’s heavy … Read more…

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Administrative Professionals Bargaining Update

Your Administrative Professionals Bargaining Committee (members from CUPE and NSGEU) would like to provide you with an update as to the status of bargaining your new collective agreement. The bargaining team will exchange bargaining proposals with the employer on October 28, 2022. Seven of the ten bargaining team members are representatives of NSGEU and three are representatives from CUPE. Staff representative Karen MacKenzie from CUPE will be the chief negotiator and Tammy Young from NSGEU will act as the deputy chief negotiator. We are the third bargaining unit to go to the table, as the Support and Healthcare units have already reached settlements with the employer. The Nursing bargaining unit will follow Admin Professionals. Stay tuned for updates as the process gets underway. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Area VP.