In response to the damage that hurricane Fiona has inflicted on our province, CUPE Nova Scotia has created a relief fund to provide financial assistance to members who have suffered losses due to the destruction. Details about the application process have been sent to locals. For more information, please contact your Area VP or email cupensrelief@gmail.com.
“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…
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…