{"id":14419,"date":"2026-06-02T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=256d94d68c840bb2622a9a20c7a26ba1"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:00:00","slug":"ndp-cupe-to-hold-press-conference-on-long-term-care-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=14419","title":{"rendered":"NDP, CUPE to hold press conference on long term care strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Nova Scotia NDP and striking CUPE long term care workers are joining together to hold a press conference early this afternoon to speak about the impact of the government\u2019s continued refusal to negotiate a fair deal on everyday people.<\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260602625116\/en\/807835\/5\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260602625116\/en\/807835\/22\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260602625116\/en\/807835\/5\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260602625116\/en\/807835\/21\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>\n\u201cFor 8 weeks, this government has ignored the calls from workers, from residents, from concerned family members that say long term care is vital, and that workers deserve a living wage,\u201d said Long Term Care Coordinator Kim Cail. \u201cThey are ignoring constituents province-wide, and that can\u2019t continue.\u201d<\/p><p>\nClaudia Chender, NSNDP Leader, and Rod Wilson, MLA for Halifax-Armdale and Seniors and Long Term Care Critic, will be joined by a family member of a resident and a long term care worker. They will speak on the everyday impact this strike is having on both residents and workers alike.<\/p><p class=\"bwmarginl1\">\n<b>DATE:<\/b> June 2, 2026\n<br\/><b>TIME:<\/b> Noon\n<br\/><b>LOCATION:<\/b> 1909 Caldwell Rd, Dartmouth (<a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.goo.gl%2FKnDP1k8JEFKTrhNV8&amp;esheet=54545822&amp;newsitemid=20260602625116&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=map&amp;index=1&amp;md5=cd86c13e989fbda137cf2a3c002773e6\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">map<\/a>)<\/p><p>\nCUPE long term care workers have been on strike since April 13.<\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p>\n<b>For more information, please contact:<\/b><\/p><p>\nKim Cail\n<br\/>CUPE Long Term Care Coordinator\n<br\/>782-233-4592<\/p><p>\nTaylor Johnston\n<br\/>CUPE Atlantic Communications Representative\n<br\/><a  href=\"mailto:tjohnston@cupe.ca\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">tjohnston@cupe.ca<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;The Nova Scotia NDP and striking CUPE long term care workers are joining together to hold a press conference early this afternoon to speak about the impact of the government\u2019s continued refusal to negotiate a fair deal on ever&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14420,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419\/revisions\/14420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}