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NSGEU talks 811 underfundingWe speak with NSGEU president Sandra Mullen to learn more about why the union is calling on the province to bump up the pay for employees of the 811 telehealth system. According to the NSGEU, telehealth associates are amongst the lowest paid health care workers in Canada.Global News Morning HalifaxJul 13, 2023
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NSGEU report lists factors union says contributed to Northwood COVID-19 outbreakNova Scotia’s largest public sector union has released a new report detailing what it says was happening inside the Northwood long term care home as the pandemic began. Alicia Draus has more.CanadaAug 4, 2020
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NSGEU President talks school support staff strike with Global News MorningWe get an update from NSGEU president Sandra Mullen as hundreds of school support staff in Annapolis Valley and South Shore head to the picket in a dispute over wages.Global News Morning HalifaxOct 25, 2022
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Halifax hospital ER spillover creating patient risk: studyMon, Mar 27: A study by the NSGEU says a spillover of patients into hallways at the Halifax Infirmary is posing risks to safety. Jennifer Grudic tells us more.Global News at 6 HalifaxMar 27, 2017
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NSGEU to return to talks with Nova Scotia governmentThe Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union and the province are going back to the table. Global’s Steve Silva reports.Global News at 6 HalifaxJul 28, 2017
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Previous SGEU strike cost Sask. government millionsThe SGEU may go on strike if talks continue to stall with the Sask. government. Last time the province’s largest public sector union went on strike it cost Saskatchewan millions. David Baxter has the details.Global News at 6 ReginaAug 3, 2018
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NSGEU delaying civil service contract vote, againApril 5: A full year could pass before Nova Scotia’s biggest union holds a vote on a tentative deal for its civil service members. The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union says a vote will likely happen in June or the fall, legislative reporter Marieke Walsh has the story.Apr 5, 2016
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Government appears to be backing down from union threatThu, Dec 3: The NSGEU is calling the government’s bluff, and the government might be backing down. While the government has softened its tone it might still make good on its threat. Marieke Walsh reports.Dec 3, 2015
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Nova Scotia campaign aims to bolster child welfare system in ‘desperate needMon, Jan 21: Nova Scotia’s child welfare workers are “drowning under their caseloads” and children are being left at risk, the province’s College of Social Workers says. As Whitney Middleton-Oickle reports, the college and the NSGEU are calling on the province to increase funding for child welfare.Global News at 6 HalifaxJan 21, 2019
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NSGEU President reacts to the NSTU dispute with the governmentPresident of the NSGEU reacts to the dispute with the NSTU and the government.Mar 5, 2018
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Halifax police investigating after pregnant nurse allegedly attacked by patientThu, Apr 26: Halifax Regional Police are investigating after a pregnant nurse was allegedly attacked while she was on the job. As Jeremy Keefe reports, the NSGEU says the situation could have been avoided with more up-to-date equipment.Global News at 6 HalifaxApr 26, 2018
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NSGEU set to vote on long-delayed contract for 7,600 civil servantsWed, Oct 19: A battle between the McNeil liberals and the provinces unions is again overshadowing the legislature. Global’s legislative reporter Marieke Walsh explains what it all means for parents, students, teachers, and civil servants.Global News at 6 HalifaxOct 19, 2016
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HRSB wants 10 pricey P3 schools bought by province when leases expireMon, Feb 1: With the leases about to expire on more than three dozen P3 schools in the province, the push is on for the Education Department to decide just what they are going to do. It’s going to be a costly problem, one that the NSGEU doesn’t want to see repeated. Global’s Natasha Pace...Feb 1, 2016
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Jason Maclean – New NSGEU PresidentJason Maclean is the new president of the largest union in the province the NSGEU. He is coming in to discuss his vision moving into the role.May 24, 2016
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Jessome speaks ahead of contract mediationMon, Mar 31: The president of the NSGEU, Joan Jessome, said the union may change its position during contract talks between Halifax nurses and Capital Health.HealthMar 31, 2014
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Negotiations between NSGUE and government pushed back to MarchFri, Feb 12: Global News has learned the earliest the NSGEU will vote on its tentative deal with the Nova Scotia government is late March. Global’s Legislative Reporter Marieke Walsh reports.Feb 12, 2016
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NSGEU gives notice of charter challenge to Bill 148Nova Scotia’s biggest union has sent warning to the government that it will ask the courts to strike down Bill 148. Marieke Walsh tells us more.Global News at 6 HalifaxAug 30, 2017
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NSGEU breaks silence on Burnside jail recommendationsThu, Dec 20: The Nova Scotia General Employees Union says proposed changes coming to the Burnside jail in light of an inmate death will have little impact. Alicia Draus reports.Global News at 6 HalifaxDec 20, 2018
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Rising violence at Sask. correctional centres concerning for SGEUThe Saskatoon Correctional Centre was placed in lockdown on Monday after four inmates were injured in two separate fights. Nicole Stillger reports.Global News at 10 ReginaAug 30, 2019
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NSGEU President on health care worker negotiations in Nova ScotiaWe check in Jason MacLean, President of NSGEU, to give us the latest on negotiations between 7500 health care workers and the province, IWK Health Centre, and NS Health.Global News Morning HalifaxJul 6, 2021