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CUPE 3912 is pleased to announce that part-time faculty in the Architecture Department at Dalhousie University (Dal) are officially members of the local as of January 14, 2026, retroactive to November 2025.

Bargaining between long-term care workers and their employers across Nova Scotia has reached an impasse after employers presented the same package for the fourth time without changes.

Bargaining for a first collective agreement between the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) component of CUPE 3912 and NSCAD University has reached an impasse after conciliation talks failed late Tuesday night.

Alderwood Rest Home workers, represented by CUPE 1635, voted 99% in favour of a strike mandate late last week, joining over 30 CUPE long-term care locals in calling for improved wages and retention.

Halifax-based long-term care workers from Melville Lodge, represented by CUPE 3840, voted 100% in a favour of a strike mandate last week, citing wages and retention issues as their main concerns.

Workers from Northumberland Hall long-term care home, represented by CUPE 5018, voted 94% in favour of a strike mandate late last week, bringing the total number of CUPE long-term care homes voting to strike to 30.

Long-term care workers at Inverary Manor, represented by CUPE 1485, voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate last week.

Yet another Sydney long-term care home, My Cape Breton Home for Seniors, represented by 5137, voted 98% in favour of a strike mandate last week, citing low wages and recruitment and retention issues.

Long-term care workers from MacGillivray Guest Home in Sydney, Nova Scotia represented by CUPE 1562, have voted 98% in favour of a strike mandate.

Long-term care workers from Maple Hill Manor, represented by CUPE 2765, voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate.

Long-term care workers from Shoreham Village Senior Citizens Home, represented by CUPE 3454, voted 98% in favour of a strike vote last week.

But I ask you, which would you choose: Supporting workers now, to ensure a safer, healthier, and more effective learning environment for kids in the future or opposing job action to keep kids in schools, knowing the standard of public education declines every year because the Department of Education chooses to ignore the pleas of workers who want to ensure our education ecosystems are thriving and that our kids are safe.

On November 29, CUPE submitted a position paper, Early Childhood Education and Nova Scotia’s Pre-primary Program, to the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. The union is offering recommendations to the provincial government for the implementation of a truly universal program, so that it is successful for all children, families, and educators.