Nova Scotia Correctional Officers rally for better wages
from a release DARTMOUTH: Correctional Officers continue to face chronic staff shortages and remain the lowest paid in the country making it harder to recruit and retain workers, said Nova…
Campaign aims to “Turn the Tide” on domestic violence
From a release: HALIFAX: Nova Scotia has seen a terrifying rise in incidents of domestic and intimate partner violence, which has resulted in at least seven known deaths of women…
NSGEU Civil Service Members reject employer’s offer
DARTMOUTH: NSGEU members of the civil service bargaining unit, voted overwhelmingly to reject the government’s latest offer. The bargaining committee had recommended that members reject the offer and of those…
NSGEU says N.S. headed in dangerous direction with publicly funded, private mental health and addictions care plan
From a release DARTMOUTH: The NSGEU said that this week’s government announcement of a publicly funded, privately provided mental health and addictions care plan is a dangerous direction for Nova…
NSGEU issues letter responding to Minister of Health and Wellness
HALIFAX: Earlier Aug. 27 the Minister of Health and Wellness issued a statement regarding the ongoing bargaining between Nova Scotia Health, the IWK and the Council of Health Care Unions.…
NSGEU: Health Admin ready to walk, employer continues to drag feet on essential services
From an NSGEU release HALIFAX: Thousands of administrative professionals working in the health care system throughout Nova Scotia are gearing up to hit the picket lines, as their employers continue…
NSGEU: Burnside jail critically understaffed
DARTMOUTH: The recruitment strategy put forward by the Department of Justice has failed and staffing levels are now the worst in the history of the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility…
NSGEU to Premier Houston: Keep our blood supply safe and available for patients
From a press release HALIFAX: Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union President Sandra Mullen is calling on the provincial government to protect Nova Scotians from pay-for-plasma corporate interests in…
Tentative agreement reached with health care workers
HALIFAX: Late Tuesday July 6, a tentative agreement was reached between the Health Care Council of Unions (NSGEU, CUPE & Unifor) and Nova Scotia Health (NSH) and IWK. That tentative…
Unions says health-care workers could strike by mid July
A release sent out by CUPE, UNIFOR, and NSGEU.HALIFAX: After hailing health care workers as “heroes” for the past 16 months, the Rankin government refuses to negotiate a deal that…