NSGEU

Op-ed: Bill 148 needs to be stopped

Robert DeVet — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:47:36 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -

Op-ed: This is not what democracy looks like

Robert DeVet — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 19:00:12 +0000

Province dodges Freedom of Information requests

KJIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Responses to Freedom of Information request by the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) illustrate just how difficult it can be to get access to provincial government records in Nova Scotia

McNeil's Movers – Emptying Nova Scotia communities one at a time!

Robert DeVet — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:07:49 +0000

NSGEU launches social media campaign to fight job cuts and privatization

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.”

NSCAD layoffs huge blow to students, staff and faculty

Robert DeVet — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 21:26:01 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – About 50 students, faculty and staff rallied at the downtown NSCAD campus to protest last w

Union, NSCAD students and staff upset about layoffs

Robert DeVet — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:55:24 +0000

“The people that they chose to layoff are really the backbone of our institution"

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - On Wednesday, 17 members of NSCAD’s custodial and administrative staff were told that their positions with the university had been eliminated.

Cleaning up Glavine's little messes

Robert DeVet — Wed, 06 May 2015 21:00:13 +0000

Workers with dish towels rally against privatized home care

KJIPUKTUK, (HALIFAX) - Home care providers province-wide took to the streets today. Rallies occurred at Liberal constituency offices in nine communities, and another event occurred at Province House in Halifax.

Liberal dream come true or wishful thinking?

Robert DeVet — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:40:41 +0000

No unionized workers at new Department of Business, says Minister

KJIPUKTUK) HALIFAX - It appears Mark Furey, Minister of the Department of Business, was jumping the gun yesterday.

Bill 100 kills collective bargaining, threatens higher education and academic freedom

Robert DeVet — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 17:06:53 +0000

Coalition of labour, students and faculty calls for rally this Monday

KJIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Bill 100, the Universities Accountability and Sustainability Act, before the Nova Scotia legislature this week, manages to offend stude

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.

Dorsey issues orders while government says he's fired

Robert DeVet — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:45:55 +0000

KJIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - This morning arbitrator Jim Dorsey formally ordered that the clerical bargaining unit be assigned to the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU).

Capital Health brings in temp nurses from other provinces

Robert DeVet — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:55:29 +0000

Four ICU beds closed because of lack of qualified nurses

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Capital Health is bringing in critical care nurses from other provinces to deal with staffing shortages in Intensive Care Units in metro.

Joan Jessome on Community Services job cuts in rural Nova Scotia - "It's only the beginning"

Robert DeVet — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:56:12 +0000

(KJIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Joan Jessome, president of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) says that this week's Community Services job

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.

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.