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CUPE expects little from meeting with finance minister

Robert DeVet — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 00:15:29 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Danny Cavanagh is not sure what to make of finance minister Randy Delorey's invitation to sit down and discuss “a new bargaining approach.”

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Striking Glace Bay daycare workers ratify new contract

Robert DeVet — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:16:08 +0000

(KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - After a four-day strike the workers of Town Daycare in Glace Bay are going back to work.

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Glace Bay daycare workers on strike

Robert DeVet — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:51:33 +0000

Strike is last resort, says Local president

(KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - As of this morning workers of Town Daycare in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, are on strike.

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Bargaining Associations by any other name

Robert DeVet — Sat, 14 Mar 2015 15:04:08 +0000

Government, health care unions strike deal

KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - After weeks of talks the four health care unions and the government have agreed on a way forward.

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Not a slam dunk for government

Robert DeVet — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:02:28 +0000

A closer look at the Dorsey decision

KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - "We are happy with this decision.

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Dorsey decision revives collaborative bargaining

Robert DeVet — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:06:30 +0000

“This is a great day for labour," says Joan Jessome, NSGEU president.

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Nova Scotia's health care unions may still get something much like the bargaining associations they were originally proposing.

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2014 a rough year for Nova Scotia workers

Robert DeVet — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 16:23:09 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – What a year....

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Bill 1 mediation talks fail

Robert DeVet — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:06:06 +0000

Charter ruling last chance for democratic solution, Jessome says

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Mediation talks between four unions representing public health care workers and their employer have failed.

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Bill 1 passes, solidarity restored

Robert DeVet — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 18:22:39 +0000

(K'JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - While inside Bill 1 was inching forward to becoming law, protests against the legislation continued on the streets around Province House.

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Bill 1 protests continue, but unions split over bargaining associations

Robert DeVet — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:03:23 +0000

(K'JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's united labour front against Bill 1, legislation that will force many health care workers into a union not of their choosing, is showing some cracks.

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“Bargaining Associations work well here,” BC Nurses Union says

Robert DeVet — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:11:45 +0000

(K'JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia liberal government is telling health care workers to abandon their current union and join a new one.

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Health-care workers call legislation a direct attack on unions

Robert DeVet — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:22:20 +0000

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Nova Scotia health-care workers are angry about new legislation that the liberal government introduced on the evening of September 29th.

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Healthcare workers want to stay in union of their choice

Robert DeVet — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:50:35 +0000

Legislation to merge District Health Authorities also imposes specific unions on workers

(K'JIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - This Monday Nova Scotia's Health Minister Leo Glavine will introduce legislation that dictates to healthcare workers which union they must belong to.

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"This bill takes away every option that we ever had"

Robert DeVet — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:56:37 +0000

Cape Breton health care workers speak out about Bill 37

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - The scope of Bill 37, the essential services legislation, is much broader than just the NSGEU Registered Nurses who walked the picket line for that one day in March before the law was proclaimed.

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