August 1, 2023
Collective Agreement Update from the Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions
We hope, despite the record-breaking heat and rain fall, that everyone is safe and enjoying their
summer. As we reach the midpoint of the summer, your bargaining team wanted to provide an
update.
Currently, we are working to prepare the now ratified collectives agreement for signing by all the
locals and the Employer. Once this takes place, the new collective agreement will officially come
into effect, covering April 1st, 2021-March 31st, 2024, except for Local 5047, which covers August
1st, 2020-March 31, 2024.
In anticipation of the signing, the process of harmonization across the province has already
begun, but it is still in the early stages. Once completed, all school support workers in the same
classifications within the NSSBCU, regardless of where they live or the school they work for, will
be paid the same.
Once the collective agreement is signed, the process of distributing retro pay will begin. The
Employer will have applied to the treasury for the funding, so this cannot happen before the
collective agreement is signed. You will receive another update once we have more information
regarding timelines of payment.
Your bargaining team is working tirelessly to complete this process and we appreciate your
continued support and patience.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact your local president for more information.
Chris Melanson
NSSBCU Chairperson
Halifax Regional Centre for Education, CUPE Local 5047
Lisa DeMolitor
NSSBCU Vice-Chairperson
Tri-County Regional Centre for Education, CUPE Local 964
Gerard Matthews
Strait Regional Centre for Education, CUPE 955
Aaron Pottier
Conseil scolaire acadian provincial, CUPE 2272
Cindy Courtney
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education, CUPE 3876
Robert MacKay
Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education, CUPE 3890
Dwayne Sarty
South Shore Regional Centre for Education, CUPE 4682
Nelson Scott
Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education, CUPE Local 5050