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CUPE Nova Scotia
CUPE Nova Scotia represents more than 18,000 working women and men employed throughout the public sector. We are proud to be part of Canada's largest and fastest-growing union.
CUPE represents workers in health care, education, municipalities, libraries, child care, universities, social services, public utilities, transportation, emergency services and airlines.
CUPE members are service-providers, white-collar workers, technicians, labourers, skilled trades people and professionals. More than half of CUPE members are women. About one-third are part-time workers.
CUPE Nova Scotia Atlantic Region Weeklong School Scholarship Fund
The Atlantic Region's Weeklong School will be held in Baddeck this year. Two $750.00 scholarships are available from CUPE Nova Scotia. Please click for more details.
CUPE Atlantic Region's Weeklong School
CUPE Atlantic Region's 27th Annual Weeklong School will be held from May 27th to June 1, 2012 at the Inverary Inn, Baddeck. Please click the link for full details.
Spring, 2012 Union Development Workshop Schedule
Attached is the Spring, 2012 Union Development Workshop Schedule. These workshops are being offered from April to June, 2012. Please read for full details.
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Westray
On the 20th anniversary of the Westray explosion that killed 26 miners here in Nova Scotia, the Canadian Labour Congress has released a guide for investigating corporate criminal negligence in the workplace.
National Nursing Week - May 6 - 12, 2012
Sisters and brothers many of you may have seen our ads in many of the local papers across Nova Scotia saluting our Nurses and the work they do each and every day. Nursing week is a time for us to recognize nurses and other patient care staff, including our practical nurses, registered nurses, personal support workers, continuing care attendants, care aides and other members who make up the nursing team in our healthcare facilities across Nova Scotia.
Scott Sinclair - CETA
Trade expert Scott Sinclair hightlights the problems with the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) being negotiated between Canada and Europe. He spoke in Charlottetown on December 8, 2011 as part of a cross-country tour organized byt he Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Council of Canadians. Click above for the link to view Scott Sinclair on youtube.