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The largest union in N.S., we represent almost 36,000 workers from a range of sectors, delivering public services province-wide.
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If Nova Scotia’s return to school is to be done safely, government must reinstate reporting and contact tracing in schools.
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We are aware of a protest being organized by the "Canadian Frontline Nurses” group at the QEII today.
The NSGEU is not affiliated with them in any way, and we certainly do not endorse any of their events or actions.
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Government needs to be revisit its decision to end contact tracing in schools and provide staff with access to KN95 or N95 masks as well as rapid tests.
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Thank you to all the frontline health care workers who are trying to keep Nova Scotians safe during this uncertain time!
#solidarity
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Strike has begun for support workers at the AVRCE at picket lines throughout valley. Members are missing their students and not happy to have to strike but feel they have to stand together now. Here is Windsor.
@nseducation
@allthingsannapolis
#Nspoli
#support4supportworkers
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When students return to the classroom on January 17, students, staff, bus drivers and monitors, and all Nova Scotian need to be protected.
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📻We have released the first in a series of interviews with NSGEU nurses, talking about what's really going on in
#Halifax
hospitals.
Please take a moment to listen to pt. 1:
#nspoli
@TimHoustonNS
@nshealth
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Join the Nova Scotia Rise Up rally at Province House tomorrow, 12:00 p.m.
@NSGEU
flags & banners will be available on location.
@StephenMcNeil
did nothing to stop the crisis in health care and will bring the same chaos to our classrooms. Join us tomorrow to
#spellitout
#nspoli
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We continue to support evidence-based public health measures to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The NSGEU has always strongly encouraged its members to get vaccinated to help protect against preventable illnesses, such as influenza, H1N1, and now COVID-19.
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This is concerning... A mock classroom has been set up at this joint media conference, demonstrating the distance between desks in a typical classroom. 28 inches side to side, 32 inches back to back.
#SafeSeptemberNS
@withwozney
@NS_Labour
@NSTeachersUnion
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NSGEU members in our schools work closely with teachers and principals everyday to educate Nova Scotia’s students. The ham-fisted approach, a hallmark of the McNeil Liberals, will do nothing to improve classroom conditions.
#nspoli
#spellitout
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If you'd like to send a love letter 💌 to the lab workers 🧑🔬👩🔬 processing thousands of COVID tests per day, you can do so here:
(thx to
@MarthPaynter
for the great idea!)
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Today, the Nova Scotia Council of Health Care Unions announced that health care bargaining unit members who voted – voted 93% in support of a province-wide strike.
We thank all the members who participated in the vote.
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Why do the McNeil Liberals get a failing grade? Well, let's take a look at a few of the reasons:
#nspoli
#voteorlose
#nselxn
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The kids get it! Why don't you,
@TimHoustonNS
?!
#equalworkequalwage
#support4schoolsupport
#solidarity
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@StephenMcNeil
@902BrewCast
@BigSpruceBrew
Premier, if you can make time for a brewery tour perhaps you can make time to meet front line health care workers with
@JMACL3AN
and hear stories of how the health care crisis is impacting patient care.
#nspoli
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Standing in
#solidarity
with
#NSTeachers
&
@NSTeachersUnion
.
@StephenMcNeil
&
@zachchurchill
What's the rush? Let's take the time to get this right
#stepup4students
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@NSGEU
is in solidarity with all members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Hate has no space here. ☮️🏳️🌈NSGEU 1st VP Hugh Gillis with President Lutes,
@NSTeachersUnion
and President Richardson from the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council and others at legislature this morning
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Teachers are the NSTU. When you disrespect one NSTU member, you disrespect all NSTU members.
#nspoli
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😆
#TBT
to when Stephen McNeil took out an ad pledging his support for the collective bargaining process...
#nspoli
@NSTeachersUnion
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📣
#SOLIDARITY
to members of
@psac_afpc
as they begin strike action to achieve a fair contract for 155,000 members who deliver valuable public services throughout this country!
We encourage our members to join a picket line when they're able to:
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SEND A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT NOW: School Support workers deserve equal pay for equal work, period.
@NS_Labour
@HalifaxCityNSTU
#canlab
@NUPGE
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We are collectively calling on all parents to contact their MLA to demand safer conditions for students, workers & all Nova Scotians, ultimately.
#SafeSeptemberNS
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No money to fix our health care crisis. But $8.5 million for a ferry terminal in another country. 🤦♀️
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NSGEU President asks Premier to meet him at Emergency
Department to see the crisis for himself
#NSPoli
#SpellItOut
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STATEMENT: NSGEU Stands With Teachers As Liberals Lock Children Out of Schools
We have just learned that Stephen...
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👂Part 2: "Thrown to the Wolves"
"It is terrifying & it makes you feel awful as a nurse because your responsibility at the end of the day is to care & take care of these patients & you feel so awful when you can't do that."
#InANursesWords
#nspoli
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It is important that we protect ourselves, our loved ones, and the members of the public we serve.
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We're hearing our lab workers processed more than 32,000 tests over the weekend. Wow. 🙌
(P.S. You can still send a 💌 to these lab workers here: )
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Deepest respect for the tremendous fight put up by
@HTU_official
: 566 brutal days on the picket line. Glad it is over.
#solidarity
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Striking school support workers, as well as NSGEU's President & 1st President, were joined on the line in Windsor this morning by
@NSTeachersUnion
President
@ryanlutes
.
Thank you for showing up, and for the
#solidarity
of your membership!👊🏿👊🏼👊
#support4schoolsupport
#canlab
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Maintenance, Power Engineers, Plumbers, Electricians, Laundry, Food Svc & Environmental Svc workers keep health care working, yet they are among the lowest paid workers in health care.
Tell
@TimHoustonNS
to pay these workers fairly!
#nspoli
@UniforTheUnion
@cupenovascotia
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Our partnership with the
@UWHalifax
for
#tampontuesday
was a huge success. Thanks to you we have over 51,000 donations!
#teamwork
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MEDIA RELEASE: A Consent Award issued on a long-standing Reclassification process will see all NSGEU LPNs who work in locations covered by the former CDHA receive a 12% pay increase retro to Mar. 17, 2014.
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Strike has begun for support workers at the SSRCE. They are at picket lines in Chester, Bridgewater, and Liverpool. Members are missing their students but determined to stand together to see same pay for the same work.
@nseducation
#Nspoli
#support4supportworkers
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Please send a message of support for the 844
@DalhousieU
workers who are being forced to take strike action to protect their pensions:
#nspoli
@NS_Labour
@HalifaxLabour
@withwozney
@dalfacultyassoc
@NUPGE
#canlab
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“Workers have a right to work in a safe environment according to the Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act,” says Sandra Mullen, NSGEU 1st Vice President. “The government has not done enough to ensure a safe workplace.”
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MLAs are paid the same no matter where they live and work. School Support Workers should be, too. It's only fair.
#support4schoolsupport
#equalworkequalwage
@BeckyDruhan
@TimHoustonNS
@ChenderClaudia
@zachchurchill
#nspoli
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Nova Scotia’s Auditor General did his job; now it’s time for
@StephenMcNeil
to do his and take action to fix the current crisis in health care
#nspoli
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#NSGEU2022
Convention was opened by Mi'kmaw author & poet, Rebecca Thomas (
@beccaleat
), who shared her powerful poem, "Jars," about the toll the last two years has had on all of us. It struck a chord with so many of our delegates. ❤️
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Good point.
@PaulWozney
points out that current phase of plan is reactive, not proactive. When it comes to the back to school plan re: physical distancing, this is the only time that
@StephenMcNeil
and Dr. Strang say that outbreaks are expected/acceptable.
#SafeSeptemberNS
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A heartfelt thank you to all of the workers who have helped us through this difficult year. We appreciate the important work that you do on behalf of all Nova Scotians! 😷💖🤜🏻🤛🏽
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NSGEU and NSFL Celebrating Pride in Halifax today! Happy Pride Parade everyone!!
#Pridehalifax
#cdnpoli
#HFXPride
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Show Your Support for Frontline Healthcare Workers: Visit & send a message to gov't today!
#nspoli
@_NSHC
@NS_Labour
@cupenovascotia
@IUOEnsparamedic
@NS_nurses
@UniforTheUnion
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"Maybe the problem is that Nova Scotia’s ministers simply lack the competence or communication skills to handle their portfolios or to handle questions from House committees or the media. If that’s true, it’s very concerning":
@chronicleherald
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Approx. 844 NSGEU members who work
@DalhousieU
in admin & technical support bargaining unit roles are poised to strike after their employer has refused to remove a proposal that would strip them of the new Federal CPP enhancement.
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On Oct. 1st,
#NS
raised min. wage to $13.60 an hour.
@AVRCE
had to create a MOU raising wages of Educational Assistants 3 (EA3) & Library Support Workers (LSW3) to $13.60/hr to remain within the law.
@TimHoustonNS
: It's time to show these workers the respect they deserve.
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Brett McCann joined his Educational Assistant, Amanda White, on the picket line in Kingston this morning to show his support for her and the importance of the work she does.
Thank you, Brett!
(posted with permission)
#Support4SchoolSupport
#solidarity
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We are devastated at the loss of a member, Kristen Beaton, to the senseless acts of violence yesterday. Kristen was a CCA for
@VON_Canada
, dedicating her working life to caring for our most vulnerable. We will offer any support we can during this difficult time. In solidarity.
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@MarthPaynter
They're our (awesome) members! 🥰
You can send any Love Letters to Lab Workers to communications (at) and we'll make sure we pass them along...
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🪧 We stand in
#solidarity
with
@cupenovascotia
Local 5047.
School Support Workers are an integral part of the public education system, and they deserve a fair contract!
#nspoli
@NS_Labour
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Our lab workers processed 11,335 tests yesterday!🙌 Keep up the great work, folks (& kudos to everyone who has gone to get tested)!
Nova Scotians have been sending them messages of thanks... Check out the ones we have received so far:
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Thank you to all our members who are braving the weather today to provide necessary public services to Nova Scotians!
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Strike begins 8am for members of Local 73-support workers at the AVRCE. If you're in the valley, come out & show your support. Picket lines in Windsor,New Minas, Kingston,Berwick, Annapolis Royal. Same job - Same Pay.
#support4supportworkers
#nspoli
@nseducation
@AVRCE_NS
@nslab
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We asked NSGEU frontline workers to post a selfie and tag it with
#nsfrontlinefaces
here are your submissions: Heather Lohnes.
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Earlier today, our President visited
@nsleg
with members of bargaining committees & picket captains for Locals 70 & 73. They listened as
@beckydruhan
refused to commit to paying school support workers across
#NS
the same wage for the same work.
#shame
#support4schoolsupport
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14
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Thank you to everyone who came to the
@nsleg
this morning to show their
#Support4SchoolSupport
!
#EqualWorkEqualWage
: it's only fair!
#nspoli
#Solidarity
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This is great news for the
@NSTeachersUnion
!
It turns out that legislation < negotiation. Hopefully, Premier McNeil gets the message:
#nspoli
#canlab
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Here's an idea: why not work WITH unions & their members during this time of crisis, rather than run roughshod and refuse to listen to workers' concerns?
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Dozens of hospital employees across Nova Scotia lose jobs to American-owned company just before the holidays
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Very proud of our members working for 811, assessment centres & our labs right now: they are on the frontlines of our fight against
#COVID19
. Thank you for the work you are doing for all Nova Scotians!
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As we were not able to raise the Pan African Flag in February, due to weather conditions, the NSGEU Human Rights Committee has raised it in recognition of the racial injustices experienced by black people throughout the world.
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May 7th, 2020:
@StephenMcNeil
promises Fed. $/pandemic premium for healthcare workers on the frontline of our
#Covid_19
fight. More than one month later: 🦗🦗🦗
@NS_Labour
@_NSHC
@cupenovascotia
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Members of the NSGEU Executive will be distributing our NEW face masks in Cape Breton over the next week. Further distribution province wide will be announced Friday. Click below for dates and times.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Immediate Action Required to Protect Seniors & Workers at Northwood Manor
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Come out and meet President MacLean and 3rd Vice President Marsman. Pick up your NSGEU face mask tonight until 9pm at the NSGEU office in the parking lot.
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On behalf of President MacLean, the NSGEU BOD, and staff, we are sending you and your families our warmest wishes for a safe and happy holiday season. We recognize many members are working during the holidays and want you to know we appreciate you and the work you do.
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Our President was on
@CBCNS
tonight, discussing the stories nurses are sharing about what is happening inside Halifax-area hospitals as part of our latest campaign,
#InaNursesWords
(her segment starts at the 33:45 mark:
#nspoli
#NursingShortage
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This is wonderful news! Big thanks to our members and all Public Servants working to help protect Nova Scotians from
#COVID
ー19
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“Work to rule is very, very difficult, but I firmly believe it's important for the future of education in our...
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“If Nova Scotia is not willing to be transparent about their data then I ask the questions - what are you hiding and why are you hiding it?" said Dr. Samir Sinha
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The leaders from all five unions representing Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in Nova Scotia are speaking to media about government's failure to pay these nurses fairly.
SAME CARE, SAME PAY! ✊✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿👩⚕️
@JMACL3AN
@NS_Labour
@NS_nurses
@cupenovascotia
@UniforTheUnion
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8
20
Our Pres.
@JMACL3AN
has sent a letter to
@JustinTrudeau
& co. re: the damaging effects of legislative interference on collective bargaining (we would know: thx
@StephenMcNeil
)
@cupw
#solidarity
#canlab
#cdnpoli
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13
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On Friday,
@randydelorey
said
#NS
does not have an issue with a lack of nurses.
That same day, the NSHA said they can't approve any nurses' summer vacation at Guysborough & Eastern Memorial Hospitals "due to current nursing staffing challenges."
😕
#ReallyRandy
#nspoli
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Government has asked the NSGEU, NSNU, CUPE and Unifor to send a message to our trained professional CCAs, LPNs & RNs asking them to volunteer to temporarily work at Northwood Manor to help care for residents.
#COVID19NS
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Very proud of all the nurses who stood together today to demand action to save our health care system!
#Solidarity
#SupportNurses
#DayofAction
Nurses are participating in a national day of action today, protesting the lack of government action to fix the nursing shortage and make urgently needed improvements to Canada’s beleaguered health care system. Check our Facebook Live video of the event at
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8
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We are so proud that our Executive Director Robin MacLean was selected as the
@NS_Labour
Sister of the Year!
Thank you for all the work you do to support and improve the working lives of women!
#IWD2021
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The NSGEU stands in solidarity with all Early Childhood Educators in Nova Scotia. They deserve fair compensation, as well as the long-awaited compensation plan & workforce strategy that has been promised to them by the government, NOW.
#ecescantwait
#CdnChildCare
#nspoli
#canlab
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NSGEU member Elizabeth Arsenault, shown here preparing Covid specimens for testing. Elizabeth has worked in the microbiology lab for 35-years and is retiring tomorrow. Thanks Elizabeth for the work that you do, we wish you all the best in retirement!
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Next,
@NanMcFadgen
points out what the lack of planning in the LTC setting has done in NS, and points out that we do not want this to repeat itself in our schools.
Calls for a series of controls that must be in place in our classrooms for a
#SafeSeptemberNS
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8
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Our President
@JMACL3AN
delivered his last report to Convention delegates this morning. He spoke about the challenges our members have faced together over the past three years, and what we will accomplish together in the future!
#NSGEU2022
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Noted.
Premier Iain Rankin refuses to rule out layoffs in the public sector as part of his plan to cut $200 million from the provincial budget over the next year.
#nspoli
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Members of the Legislative Assembly are paid the same, as are civil servants, teachers, & nurses, no matter where they live & work. People in rural Nova Scotia are not worth less.
#support4schoolsupport
#equalworkequalwage
#Solidarity
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