On this week’s podcast, we speak with Chris Parsons, Provincial Coordinator for the Nova Scotia Health Coalition and Gordon MacDonald from Capers 4 Health Care about the crisis in health care in Nova Scotia. In June, the government suddenly announced the shuttering of two hospitals in Cape Breton leaving Cape Bretoners in a highly uncertain […]
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Union Matters: Domestic Violence Leave
On this week’s podcast, we speak with NSGEU Employee Relations Officer Gina Boyd about the issue of domestic violence leave in Nova Scotia. This spring, the provincial government introduced legislation that includes a provision for up to ten intermittent days of unpaid leave to allow victims of domestic abuse to seek out services and supports. […]
NSGEU Applauds NDP Bill for Victims of Intimate/Domestic/Sexual Violence
The NSGEU is pleased the NDP is introducing legislation that will, if passed, amend the Labour Standards Code to ensure working people who experience domestic violence, intimate violence, and sexual violence will have the right to paid and unpaid leave from their employers in order to begin their recovery process. The leave will also be […]
Raise Your Voice for Free Collective Bargaining
Take a stand and raise your voice for free collective bargaining! The Legislature is scheduled to begin sitting at 8pm TODAY, Tuesday evening, for the First Reading of Stephen McNeil’s Bill, Teachers Professional Agreement and Classroom Improvement (2017) Act, which imposes a contract on members of the NSTU including a wage pattern and the end […]
STATEMENT: NSGEU Stands With Teachers As Liberals Lock Children Out of Schools
Saturday, December 3, 2016 We have just learned that Stephen McNeil’s Liberal government is continuing its unjust crusade against public sector workers in this province, introducing yet another piece of legislation designed to undermine the collective bargaining process and force government’s will upon public sector workers. This is the sixth time Premier McNeil has proven […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Bill 148 Passes, Our Fight Continues
Early this morning, a Liberal majority government once again rushed a piece of anti-worker legislation through our House of Assembly. Bill 148, the Public Service Sustainability Act, gives this government the ability to force a wage pattern on more than 75,000 public sector workers, should any union signal they would like to exercise their right […]
Fight Back Against Bill 148
Bill 148, the Public Service Sustainability Act, will, if proclaimed, impose a four year wage pattern of 0%,0%,1%,1.5%, and 0.5% (on the last day of the contract) on thousands of members working in virtually all sectors represented by the NSGEU. The Bill will also, if proclaimed, end the accrual of long service awards for those members who […]
Bill 108 passes: NSGEU challenging exclusions in new Department of Business
Bill 108 – Financial Measures Act The Liberal government tabled Bill 108, the Financial Measures (2015) Act on April 27. This Bill puts into law many of the changes government announced in the Provincial Budget, including the elimination of the Department of Economic and Rural Development and Tourism (ERDT). It also creates the new Department […]
National Union says ‘Arbitrator Dorsey’s decision is “A strong defence of labour rights”’
The following is a copy of a news release issued by the National Union of Public & General Employees on January 20th. Ottawa (20 Jan. 2015) – Arbitrator James Dorsey’s interim decision on the restructuring of health care unions in Nova Scotia is best described as a “strong defence of labour rights,” according to James Clancy, National […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Premier Attempting to Cheat NSGEU Nurses
Premier Stephen McNeil announced today that he intends to cheat NSGEU nurses. Premier McNeil stated to members of the media today that he plans to treat the IWK and new Provincial Health Authority (PHA) as a single employer for bargaining with the nurses, and is directing the appointed arbitrator, James Dorsey, to select the NSNU […]
