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“We are hoping the employers and the government realize the seriousness of the situation and put forward their best possible offer – one that we will be able to recommend to the membership.”
Halifax (16 Jan. 2012) - Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU/NUPGE) President Joan Jessome has been travelling from Yarmouth to Sydney holding strike votes and information sessions for home support locals that are in bargaining. “We have held five strike votes so far”, she says, “and they are all overwhelmingly in favour of a strike to support their bargaining demands.”
Results are as follows:
- Local 32, Yarmouth Argyle Home Support Services voted 90 per cent in favour
- Local 30, Digby/Clare Home Support Agency voted 100 per cent in favour.
- Local 39, Inverness County Home Support Society voted 100 per cent in favour.
- Local 83, Northside Homemakers Service Society voted 98 per cent in favour.
- Local 84, Cape Breton County Homemaker Agency voted 97 per cent in favour.
“We are hoping the employers and the government realize the seriousness of the situation and put forward their best possible offer – one that we will be able to recommend to the membership.”
All of the locals have had high voter turnouts. President Jessome heads to Richmond County and Guysborough on Sunday to conduct strike votes there.
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