CUPE Nova Scotia members are encouraged to attend the upcoming Halifax Pride event, featuring LGBTIQ refugee advocate Mariano Ruiz. This will take place at the Garrison Grounds in Halifax on Wednesday, July 20th, at 7:00PM.
This notice is to inform CUPE Nova Scotia Committee members that the 2022 All Committees Meeting that had been scheduled to be held at the Inn on Prince in Truro this October has regrettably been cancelled. Details regarding what necessitated this cancellation will be communicated to locals shortly. Committee members who had booked time off from work in order to attend this meeting are advised to recall this from their employer.
Download a copy of this bargaining update. CUPE’s “lead table” bargaining committee met with the employer’s bargaining team on April 25 and 26, May 25, and June 28. A financial offer was tabled on May 25, which was a three-year term with a 1.5% increase each year, with an additional 1% on the last day of the contract, and an increase to shift and weekend premiums of 10 cents an hour each. No other financial proposals were addressed and there was no opportunity to discuss anything financial beyond the “mandate” given by government. The offer was flatly rejected by your bargaining committee and the NS Labour Board was notified that we will need the assistance of a conciliation officer to continue bargaining. Dates for conciliation were set for June 28 and June 29. On the morning of June 28, the employer’s team informed us that they had not received direction … Read more…