CUPE Nova Scotia

Child care announcement in Nova Scotia the first step in the right direction: CUPE

January 14, 2022

“This is good news and we should all take a moment to celebrate the government’s public commitment to the universal child care system that early childhood educators and child care activists have lobbied government for more than 20 years," Read more [...]

Screen capture: Nan McFadgen speaking via video conference to the NS Standing Committee on Health.

CUPE Nova Scotia president delivers remarks on long term care to legislative committee

January 11, 2022January 11, 2022

CUPE NS President Nan McFadgen gave the following testimony (see text below) to the Standing Committee on Health at the Nova Scotia Legislature via video conference today. Nan spoke about the impacts of staffing shortages in long term care, Read more [...]

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Make N-95 respirators available to all education support staff in Nova Scotia: CUPE

January 10, 2022January 7, 2022

CUPE Nova Scotia’s School Board Council of Unions (NSSBCU), representing over 4,600 members at all public schools, is calling on the provincial government to provide properly fitted N-95 masks to all workers in school settings. “If other Read more [...]