In Bargaining Updates, HealthcarePosted September 12, 2024Council of Health Care Unions: Tentative Agreement AcceptedDear member, Members of the Health Care Council met with legal counsel this afternoon to tally your ratification vote, and... Continue Reading
In Media ReleasesPosted July 18, 2024MEDIA RELEASE: IWK Life Flight Out of Service 50+ HoursDARTMOUTH – Respiratory Therapy services at both the IWK and NSH are in crisis due to dire staffing shortages, jeopardizing patient... Continue Reading
In Media ReleasesPosted July 11, 2024MEDIA RELEASE: Health Employers Resort to Desperate Measures to Recruit Ultrasonographers/MRI TechsDARTMOUTH – Staffing levels for some highly skilled diagnostic imaging staff have reached such critically low levels at the IWK Health... Continue Reading
In Media ReleasesPosted July 3, 2024MEDIA RELEASE: Unions Take First Step Towards Health Care Strike, File for Conciliation to Conclude Essential ServicesDARTMOUTH – Union representatives have met with representatives from Nova Scotia Health on 13 separate occasions in an attempt to conclude... Continue Reading
In Media ReleasesPosted February 7, 2024MEDIA RELEASE: NSGEU Calls on APSEA to Restore ProgrammingDARTMOUTH – The NSGEU is calling on the provincial government and the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA) to fully restore... Continue Reading
In Storm ClosurePosted February 4, 2024Thank you to frontline workers!Thousands of NSGEU members deliver critical public services in every corner of this province. They go to work – no... Continue Reading
In Media ReleasesPosted January 31, 2024MEDIA RELEASE: Data Reveals More Than 1,000 Health Care Professional VacanciesSince 2019, the number of vacancies of highly skilled health care professionals in Nova Scotia has increased 197.6 per cent,... Continue Reading
In Media Releases, NSGEU NewsPosted January 26, 2024MEDIA RELEASE: Mass Work Refusal at Truro Courthouse Following FloodDARTMOUTH – More than 20 Sheriffs and Court Administrative workers are refusing work under the Occupational Health & Safety Act... Continue Reading
In Media ReleasesPosted December 7, 2023MEDIA RELEASE: Union Grieves Unreasonable Delay in Backpay for School Support WorkersWhile school support workers’ strike action ended more than a year ago, hundreds of these workers have still not received... Continue Reading