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Number of CUPE long term care locals on strike across NS hits 35

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After six weeks on the picket line, long term care workers continue to show their commitment to their demands. Nearly 3,500 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have been on strike since mid April. Workers at MacGillivray Guest House in Sydney are expected to join the strike this week, bringing the total number of striking locals across Nova Scotia to 35.

MacGillivray Guest House (CUPE 1562) will begin their strike on May 22 at 7am

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Represented by CUPE 1562, workers will begin their strike on May 22 at 7am at 25 Xavier Drive Sydney, NS, B1S 2R9.

Other CUPE long term care workers will be picketing at the following locations this week:

St. Vincent’s Nursing Home:
2080 Windsor St, Halifax

Harbourstone Enhanced Care:
84 Kenwood Dr, Sydney River

 

Ocean View Continuing Care:
1909 Caldwell Rd,
Dartmouth

Admiral and White Hills

Long Term Care Centres:
30 Fairfax Dr, Halifax

 

Maplestone Enhanced Care:
245 Main Ave, Halifax

Inverary Manor:

15786 Central Ave, Inverness

 

Alderwood Guest Home:
89 Alderwood Ln, Baddeck

Richmond Villa:
9361 Pepperell, St. Peter's

 

Northside Community Guest Home:
11 Queen St, North Sydney

Bayside Home:
96 Bayside Dr, Barrington

 

Foyer Père Fiset:

15092 Cabot trail road, Chéticamp

Seaview Manor:
275 South St, Glace Bay

 

Maritime Odd Fellows:
Pictou Rotary

Valley View Manor:
739 E River Rd, New Glasgow

 

Shiretown and Ivey’s Terrace

Nursing Homes:
Pictou Rotary

Queen’s Manor:
20 Hollands Dr,
Liverpool

 

Maple Hill Manor:
Beaton Ave, New Waterford

Villa St. Joseph-du-Lac:
255 Nova Scotia Trunk 1, Dayton

 

Roseway Manor:
1604 Lake Rd,
Shelburne

The Birches:
7702 Nova Scotia Trunk 7,
Musquodoboit Harbour

 

Surf Lodge:
73 Howe St, Lockeport

Shoreham Village:
50 Shoreham Village Cresent, Chester

 

Ivy Meadows:
125 Knowles Crescent,
Beaver Bank

Port Hawkesbury Nursing Home:
2 Macquarrie Drive Extension,
Port Hawkesbury

 

Melville Lodge:
50 Shoreham Lane, Halifax

Lunenburg Home for Special Care:
95 Victoria Street, Lunenburg

 

Glasgow Hall:
76 Baker Dr, Dartmouth

Celtic Court:
16 St Anthony Dr, Membertou

 

Bisset Court:
74 Chameau Cres, Dartmouth

St. Anne Nursing Care Centre:
2313 NS-206, Arichat

 

Ryan Hall:
21 Davison Dr, Bridgewater

Magnolia Continuing Care Centre:
416 Hwy 2, Enfield

 

Grand View Manor:
110 Commercial St, Berwick

The Meadows:
339 Pleasant St, Yarmouth

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Contacts

For more information, please contact
Kim Cail
CUPE Long Term Care Coordinator
(782) 233-4592

Haseena Manek
CUPE Atlantic Communications
hmanek@cupe.ca

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For more information, please contact
Kim Cail
CUPE Long Term Care Coordinator
(782) 233-4592

Haseena Manek
CUPE Atlantic Communications
hmanek@cupe.ca

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