CUPE Nova Scotia

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 [...]

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Nova Scotia COVID-19 measures endanger children and early childhood educators

January 5, 2022

Nova Scotia Public Health and the provincial government are failing workers and children in child care centres, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing over 200 early childhood educators (ECEs) at not-for-profit and Read more [...]