Civil Service Bargaining Update

Civil Service bargaining is underway. Some proposals were exchanged on June 26 and the two parties had two days of bargaining on September 16th and 17th. Some progress was achieved, and future dates have been scheduled for Sept 23rd and 25th and November 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th.

Rise Together!
The Civil Service plays an integral role in the way our government and communities function. But not a lot of people actually have an understanding of the incredibly wide range of jobs our Civil Servants hold: a common misconception is that they all work in offices.

While many of our members do, in fact, work in offices, there are many more who don’t. To help Nova Scotians better understand the breadth and depth of the Civil Service, the NSGEU’s Board of Directors approved a new campaign to be launched to coincide with bargaining this fall.
This campaign, which launched September 9th, features three members, one from CS, PR and TL: a Visitor Information Centre Supervisor (Terrilynn), Adoption Social Worker (Melanie), and Ferry Captain (Stephen). The members are depicted in their workplaces and communities, interacting with the public we serve.

It includes four weeks of radio ads in Halifax, Sydney, New Glasgow and Kentville; four weeks of television ads on CTV Halifax; newspaper ads in Halifax, Cape Breton, the Valley, South Shore and Antigonish; as well as digital placements in restaurants, businesses and billboards, digital audio and social media throughout the province.

Please take a moment to check out the ad below, if you haven’t seen it already: