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@cupenovascotia School Support workers across Nova Scotia have voted 97.5% in favour of taking strike action if an agreement that lifts education workers out of poverty cannot be reached. #nsed #nslab #nspoli #CUPE #canlab @BeckyDruhan @suzyhfx @DannyNSFL novascotia.cupe.ca/2023/02/28/cup…

2) “We are holding a province-wide Day of Action today, Feb. 28, to tell the @TimHoustonNS govt. that our members need to see a deal that will make a meaningful difference in their lives," @melansonchris, President, NS School Board Council of Unions

3) From 2012 to 2022, while inflation in Nova Scotia increased by 23.5%, wages in the sector rose only 14.5%, dragged down by years of legislated restraint under the previous @LiberalPartyNS government.

#WageFreezes #Bill148 #UnionBusting #NeoLiberals

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5) “Education workers’ pay is now worth nearly 10% less than it was a decade ago, and prices have only gone up," Nelson Scott, President, CUPE Local 5050.

@CBPost_Ian The contract for school support employees expired March 31, 2021. #nsed #nslab #nspc saltwire.com/cape-breton/ne…

6) @FredTilleyNS, your @LiberalPartyNS govt. had 7.5 years in power to fix this.

Instead, there were wage freezes, the Glaze Report and seven pieces of anti-union legislation. #FredTilley #CUPENS #CUPE #nsed facebook.com/search/top/?q=…

7) Solidarity with @CUPE5047 members in @HRCE_NS - and @cupenovascotia's 5,000 school board workers across the province!

(Photos via #CUPE5047 FB page) #LivingWage #WageFairness #BeckyDruhan @BeckyDruhan @nseducation

8) Lots of 'Day of Action' pictures from CUPE Local 955, @SRCE_NS.

#Solidarity #StrikeVote #WorkersUnited #canlab
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9) CUPE Local 3876 @AVRCE_NS #AnnapolisValley

10) CUPE Local 964, @TCRCE_NS #Digby #Shelburne #Yarmouth

11) CUPE Local 3890, @CCRCE_NS #ChignectoCentral

12) @CUPE_Local_4682, @SSRCE_NS #SouthShore #Lunenburg #QueensCounty

13) CUPE Local 2272, @CSAP_Officiel #CSAP