CUPE Nova Scotia
271 Brownlow Avenue B3B 1W6 Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Deadline for nominations and applications is April 15, 2021.

CUPE Nova Scotia Awards Committee is pleased to circulate the 2021 awards, scholarships and bursary applications! The deadline to submit your applications is April 15, 2021.

Register now for the online conference March 1 to 4, to explore human rights concerns in the context of COVID-19 and to strategize on how to create a more just post-pandemic world. Participants will learn how to build stronger, more equity-focused locals, and how to bargain for equality in the workplace. The conference will feature panels, guest speakers, and the opportunity for members to voice their experiences and share their thoughts on how to move justice and equity fo...rward in and outside our union. Registration deadline: February 19

Revera, the corporation that owns some of the for-profit long-term care homes that have had the worst COVID outbreaks in Canada, is 100% owned by a pension plan.... Members of the plan are demanding that the company be handed over to public ownership and control. Do you know what’s in your pension plan? Our guide shows how to find out where your plan is invested and steps you can take to keep your pension out of privatization.

More info: https://cupe.ca/mrm-union-education/events

New study by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE). The research was done in collaboration with OCHU-CUPE, based on extensive interviews with 10 health care workers. The study interviews were supplemented by a poll conducted by OCHU-CUPE involving 3,000 members about their concerns regarding personal protection. About 91 per cent of those polled said they felt the government had abandoned them. Follow OCHU on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ochucupe

Residents are being asked to stay home as much as possible outside of work and school, and to follow public health guidelines. Limit time spent with others outside your household. -- Nova Scotia Government See the list of new restrictions at https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20201124004

Dr. Strang has asked that anyone who was at a bar or restaurant after 10 p.m. in Halifax in the past two weeks should book an appointment to be tested for COVID-19 -- Even if you do not have symptoms. Here is the link to get a call back from Nova Scotia Health to book your test for COVID-19 or to do the online assessment: https://covid-self-assessment.novascotia.ca/en. Over 4,000 people have already come forward to be tested, who were at a bar or restaurant recently. See the Chronicle Herald story: https://www.thechronicleherald.ca//if-youre-a-late-night-w.

NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR HALIFAX AND ALL OF NOVA SCOTIA See the complete list of new restrictions announced this afternoon at https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20201124004.

This news conference will begin momentarily. You can watch it on Facebook, through most media outlets or on YouTube at http://youtu.be/_39BUnuysrE. See the complete list of new restrictions: https://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20201124004 ... Premier McNeil and Dr. Strang provide a #COVID19NS update, including information on 37 new cases of COVID-19.