About Us

Committees

Grievance

  • Chair: Chief Shop Steward
  • Members: All Active Stewards

Human Rights

  • Chair:

Health and Safety

  • Chair: Tracey Sullivan
  • Tarin Boucher
  • Robert Bray
  • Donna McCarthy
  • Mary Ann Nearing


Membership Support

  • Chair:

Labour Management

  • Chair:  Shelley McNeil
  • Melissa Brown
  • Linda Dunn
  • Sherri LeBlanc


Communications

  • Chair: Ashley Sellon
  • Amanda Muise
  • Kendra Somers
  • Cat Hutt
  • Wanda Baker-Hayward


Pension

Chair:


Bargaining

  • Chair: Donna McCarthy
  • Shelley McNeil
  • Shelley Brown
  • Tia Forsythe
  • Heather Stenason

What we do

Halifax Regional Centre For Education Support Staff

Local 5047 represents over 2,000 employees of the Halifax Regional Centre For Education.  

Members deal directly with students as

  • Educational Program Assistants,
  • Library Support Specialists,
  • Assistive Technology Workers,
  • Early Childhood Educators,
  • Community Outreach Workers,
  • Child & Youth Care Practitioners, and
  • Mi’kmaw/Indigenous or African Nova Scotian Student Support Workers. 

Our members are usually school based, and support students in over 135 sites across HRM —  from Sheet Harbour to Hubbards.