The CUPE 3912 Executive Committee is proud to endorse CUPE 3912 member, Christine Saulnier, for CUPE Nova Scotia President.
Christine has been working at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia for 17 years, running everything from research publishing to budgets and fundraising. Her work has helped build this policy institute into the go-to progressive voice in Nova Scotia.
Christine teaches part-time at Saint Mary’s University and is an active CUPE 3912 member. In 2022-2023 she was a member of the CUPE 3912 SMU mobilization and strike avert committees. She has been extremely helpful in using her platform to raise awareness of CUPE 3912 efforts and broader issues of precarious academic labour in Nova Scotia.
More generally, she is active in the labour movement, having served on the NS Federation of Labour’s women’s committee.
Christine’s work and activism — through research and publishing, through the press, at rallies, and at legislative committees — have made her a trusted voice in Nova Scotia politics, and an advocate for policies that help workers and families. She has tirelessly worked towards a poverty-free province. Her leadership on living wage reports has shaped debates about affordability and has driven the conversation of how to make work better for everyone in Nova Scotia.
It is because of these efforts, experiences, and this dedication to workers and to worker-led movements, that we are happy to endorse her nomination for CUPE Nova Scotia president.