HIRING ‘UNQUALIFIED, UNTRAINED’ NON-UNION SCHOOL WORKERS DELAYING CUPE STRIKE: PRESIDENT

As a strike among Halifax-area school support workers enters its third week, the union representing them says the province is dragging out the dispute by hiring non-union replacements.

While Quebec and British Columbia have laws against hiring replacement workers during a strike, Nova Scotia doesn’t.

Chris Melanson, president of CUPE Local 5047, said a new deal would likely be in place if the province had similar legislation.