NSGEU Union Matters

This podcast is an explainer and an update for a classification grievance filed by the NSGEU on behalf of Correctional Officers. Garnet Estabrooks, Umbrella President and Bretton Currie, President of Local 480C interview Andrea Hancock, President of Local 480H on the progress of the grievance to date.

Meet members and leaders of Local 480, Provincial Corrections - as they discuss why they got involved in the union and what the main issues they face as workers in this sector are. Garnet Estabrooks, Local 480 Umbrella President (all the Sublocals); Andrea Hancock, President of Local 480 F, Annette Guthro President of Local 480A, David Outhouse, President of Local 480I, Bretton Currie, President of Local 480C.

Local 100 President, Laura MacMillan, interviews Stephanie Conway about their role as a Physician's Assistant at the Nova Scotia Health Authority during Allied Healthcare Professionals Week 2023.

In this episode, Laura MacMillan, President of Local 100, introduces us to Shariff Azher, an Orthopaedic Technologist who works at the Dartmouth General. We learn about his education, his work, and what brought him from Ontario to Nova Scotia. Thank you Shariff, for your work and your dedication to improving the lives of Nova Scotians. We appreciate you!

In honour of Allied Healthcare Week, Board member and Health Care Worker, Laura MacMillan, interviews Suhil Abu-Zaid who works as a Medical Laboratory Technologist at the Mackenzie Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia. They discuss the requirements for the job, what the work is like and why he loves it. Thank you Suhil for all you do!

The first week of November is Allied Healthcare Professionals Week! Our host, Holly Fraughton, sits down and chats with a Medical Laboratory Technologist, Conor Porter, about the work he does behind the scenes within our health care system.

Union Matters' host Holly Fraughton and President Jason MacLean take a journey through some of the highlights of 2019 and into some of the challenges our members are currently facing and what lies ahead for 2020.

The range of topics includes: our new NSGEU Educational Program; Health Care bargaining; OHS issues for our Corrections Officers and members working at the East Coast Forensic Hospital; our fight to win paid domestic violence leave; NSGEU Committees and campaigns, such as Sock it to Poverty, the Lodge that Gives, Cancer Care Fund, and Period Poverty; our current campaign against P3 hospital builds; changes at the WCB; LPN reclassification; Northwood computer virus mayhem; layoffs at Emerald Hall; and more! It's an hour long, but worth every minute - so listen in.

Union Matters host Deedee Slye interviews Deputy Sheriff Kevin Hurst about the Pink Patch Project which brings awareness to and support for Breast Cancer. In the podcast, Kevin discusses why they embarked on this initiative (the first in Canada) and how he created our distinctly Nova Scotia pink patch.. If you are interested in purchasing a patch in support of breast cancer awareness, email Kevin at [email protected].

The President of the National Union of Public & General Employees (NUPGE) sits down with host Mary Otto to discuss his personal history with the organization and the labour movement; issues facing unions today, and much more!

Host Mary Otto discusses NSGEU's resolution for a week that recognizes the important work Healthcare Professionals do for Nova Scotians. Mary's guests are fellow health care workers, Peter Perry, an Anaesthesia Assistant in Local 122 and Laura MacMillan, an Orthopaedic Technician in Local 100. Join in to hear why we need an Allied Healthcare Professionals Week!