News brief: PSAC members reach tentative agreement with Bryony House
A long and bitter labour dispute appears to have come to an end as Bryony House and its workers have reached a tentative agreement.
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Amazing Atlantic Black Canadians – “I want people reading this book to say if they can do it, so can I”
Elissa Barnard in conversation with Lindsay Ruck, author of Amazing Atlantic Black Canadians. “The Atlantic provinces are bursting with amazing Black Atlantic Canadians. This could be multiple volumes.”
Danny Cavanagh: Jobs, jobs and more jobs, an election must be coming
Danny Cavanagh: “To the political hopefuls who promise jobs, jobs, jobs, if the past is any indicator, they get in power and then cut jobs, cut good-paying jobs, jobs with benefits. So much for the promises.”
Making a difference – Charlene “Missy” Chasse: Primarily, my allies have come from the Indigenous communities
o celebrate African Heritage Month, the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Anti-Racism/Human Rights Committee is focusing on African Nova Scotian activists who are making a difference and who share their work-related and personal experiences with us. Melissa Marsman interviews Charlene “Missy” Chasse, a proud member of the PSAC – UNE Local 80018 where she holds the elected position of Human Rights Officer.
If you care about our forests – Why the Forest Management Guide public consultation matters
If you care about our forests… Nina Newington on why the Forest Management Guide public consultation matters, and why you shouldn’t let its technical nature intimidate you.
Dalhousie’s hard line bargaining stance proves futile but harms staff and students
The board of governors raised hurdles at every step of the process, only to end up with an agreement very close to what the Dalhousie Faculty Association had proposed at the start of the negotiations. Doing so aggravated the already substantial stress staff and students were under.
Kjipuktuk marches for all our missing and murdered Indigenous relations
Elizabeth Goodrige reports on Sunday’s march for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relations.
Letter: Bill C-7 institutionalizes dangerous ableist stereotypes in law
Wendy Lill on Bill C-7, proposed legislation which removes death as a reasonably foreseeable criterion and includes suffering with a disability as one of the eligible criteria for seeking an end to life. “A worse stereotype could not be institutionalized in law: that disability-related suffering, often caused by inadequate health, poverty, lack of social supports and entrenched inequality, justifies the termination of a person’s life.”
Postal workers, like all essential workers, deserve our respect
Toni MacAfee: “As this pandemic drags on, our use of Canada Post continues to rise to meet the needs of folks who no longer go out and purchase items in stores. Sadly, what also continues to rise is the violence and harassment directed at postal workers.”
WestFor’s claims about clearcuts in mainland moose habitat are disingenuous
Nina Newington: “What we need as a province and a planet is just what Marcus Zwicker described, multi-aged, multi-species forests. Such forests are capable of supporting whole ecosystems, including the mainland moose. What we are getting is the exact opposite.”