Nova Scotia Teachers Union
AbbreviationNSTU
Formation1895 (1895)[1]
TypeTrade union
HeadquartersHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada[2]
Location
Membership
10,000[3]
President
Ryan Lutes[4]
Executive director
Steve Brooks[5]
AffiliationsCanadian Teachers' Federation[2]
Websitenstu.ca

The Nova Scotia Teachers Union was organized in 1895–96[6] to unify and elevate the teaching profession in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. As the unified voice for the advocacy and support of all its members, the NSTU promotes and advances the teaching profession and quality public education. Members include some 9,100 public school teachers including specialist teachers, speech language pathologists and school psychologists. It also represents teachers who work for the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.

The NSTU serves as the primary advocate of its members by protecting and enhancing economic benefits, improving working conditions, supporting personal well being, keeping members informed and promoting opportunities to participate.

During a dispute with the Nova Scotia government in 2016/17, they negotiated three contracts that they supported, however the membership rejected all three. The Nova Scotia Government has put forward a bill to legislate the teachers new contract.

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Poole 1999, p. 701.
  2. 1 2 "Member and Associate Organizations". Canadian Teachers' Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Nova Scotia Teachers Union. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Provincial Executive". Nova Scotia Teachers Union. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Staff Directory". Nova Scotia Teachers Union. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Nova Scotia Teachers Union 2001, pp. 1, 5.

Bibliography

Further reading

  • Fergusson, Norman H. (1990). The Story of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union: From the Formation of the Old Union in 1895 to the 1980s. Armdale, Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Teachers Union. ISBN 978-0-9690983-6-2.
  • McCormick, Paul (2012). Conflict and Collegiality: The Nova Scotia Teachers Union, 1984–2012. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Teachers Union. ISBN 978-0-9879407-0-4.


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