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JOB POSTING 

Job Title: Union Representative 

Salary: Subject to collective agreement 

Location: Nova Scotia (Dartmouth office) 

The Service Employees International Union Local 2 (SEIU Local 2) is a 20,000-member organization that 

represents workers in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. 

We are currently seeking a Union Representative to work out of our Dartmouth, Nova Scotia office. 

Position: 

The Union Representative is responsible for assisting SEIU Local 2 members in negotiating and enforcing 

their collective agreement. The Union Representative mobilizes members to build worker power in the 

workplace and raise standards across the sectors they work. 

Duties include: 

 • Identifying, training and activating workplace leaders. 

 • Engaging membership through workplace meetings, surveys and campaigns. 

 • Representing workers in disciplinary and grievance meetings. 

 • Enforcing the collective agreement through grievances. 

 • Enforcing labour laws through various complaint mechanisms. 

 • Negotiating collective agreements. 

 • Training worker-leaders. 

Qualifications: 

 • Experience administering collective agreements. 

 • Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

 • Demonstrated commitment to member-driven unionism and/or experience as a social justice 

activist. 

 • Valid Drivers license and vehicle. 

 • Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs. 

 • Experience in external organizing methods a plus. 

 • Strong aptitude for managing online database systems. 

Send resume to: 

<a href="mailto:kkirkland@seiulocal2.ca" target="_blank">kkirkland@seiulocal2.ca</a> 
 

<a href="mailto:kkirkland@seiulocal2.ca" target="_blank">mailto:kkirkland@seiulocal2.ca</a>

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