Nelson Scott
President, CUPE 5050
Chair, Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions
Vice President, CUPE Nova Scotia
Andrew Weaver
President, CUPE 964
Vice Chair, Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions
Kevin Carther
President, CUPE 3876
Secretary-Treasurer, Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions
Kevin is an oil burner mechanic at the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre of Education, and has done this type of work since 1994. He has been active with the union for 7 years now.
He is also a member of the Kingston and District Volunteer Fire Department and the Kingston Lions club. His favourite pastime is metal detecting.
Floyd Seymour
President, CUPE 4682
Recording-Secretary, Nova Scotia School Board Council of Unions
Floyd is an inventory clerk at the SSRCE, and has been for four years. He has been active with Local 4682 for over four years.
Richard Murray
President, CUPE 955
Richard is a bus driver for SRCE. He started as a spare in 2013, and is now into his second year as a full time bus driver.
“I just recently became involved with the union and am looking forward to the challenge.”
Jenny-Lynn Wardrope
President, CUPE 3890
Robert Amero
President, CUPE 2272
Shelley McNeil
President, CUPE 5047
Shelley has been a Child and Youth Care Practitioner at the HRCE since 2018, but an active union member for 30 years, starting as a shop steward while working at the Children’s Aid Society of Algoma. She has been president of CUPE 5047 since 2024.
“Being an activist is extremely important to me. It provides me with a sense of purpose, moral fulfillment and community belonging. Having the privilege of working with my committed executive, NSSBCU and my Local has strengthened that commitment to push for change not only within my local but the Education sector as a whole.”
Robert Mackay
Communications Officer
Robert is a tradesman, now into his 29th year as an oil burner technician at CCRCE. He was hired as an apprentice in 1997. Robert has been active in the union since 2003, first through the district labour council and then through the provincial committee that was the precursor to the current NSSBCU.
He has been involved in the work of the NSSBCU since its’ inception, beginning with the first bylaw committee. Within his Local 3890 he has served as shop steward, vice president, president and served on various committees. On the NSSBCU he has served as both an alternate and officer representing his local, and as bylaw officer, trustee, recording secretary, secretary treasurer and has been the communications officer since 2024. Robert is a husband and father of two young adults.