PSA: Celebrate Labour Day 2019 on September 2nd!
As posted on the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour website On Monday, September 2, the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council…
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A message from Chief Andrea Paul: The forever argument of economy and jobs
Chief Andrea Paul of Pictou Landing First Nation posted a response to the Unifor proposal on her Facebook page. “Today, they are caught in a battle that THEY had years and years to resolve. They had many years of opportunity to do better. They chose not to. Even with the Boat Harbour ACT they still believed they were above that and didn’t begin consultation with the Band until 2017 after we requested it.”
Tundè Balogun of the Objective News Agency: I am a firm believer in people telling their own stories
Tundè Balogun started The Objective after seeing how the mainstream media portrays and stereotypes Black people and their communities, first while living in Toronto, and now in Halifax. We talked with Tundè about doing journalism differently.
This interview is the second in a series. There will be more interviews on journalism in Nova Scotia all through the summer.
For many workers Natal Day leaves little to celebrate
Natal Day for many non-unionized people really isn’t a holiday at all. No overtime pay, no ability to refuse to work, and if the place closes you could get the day off with no pay. It doesn’t have to be that way, Judy Haiven explains.
Nova Scotia labour standards not keeping pace, report suggests
Non-unionized workers in Nova Scotia not only need to deal with low wages, they are denied many of the protections other Canadian workers enjoy. A new report by the CCPA identifies the shortcomings and recommends how to fix it.
Media release: Avalon Sexual Assault Centre staff won’t work with current Board
Media release: Staff of Avalon Sexual Assault Centre have recruited a replacement board of directors to be elected in September, citing board mismanagement as the driving factor that led to critical problems at the Centre this year, including the closure of the therapy waitlist.
Photo view: Fight for 15 activists picket provincial Liberals’ fundraiser
Some 60 protesters came out this afternoon to picket the two entrances to Halifax’s historic Citadel Hill were the provincial Liberal party was holding a fundraiser.
PSA: Anti-poverty protest at Liberal party fundraiser
It is unacceptable that Nova Scotia has one of the lowest minimum wages in the country, and that Nova Scotia is the only province where child poverty rates are rising.
Toni MacAfee: As the planet heats up, Canada Post is asleep at the wheel
With the largest retail network in the country and the second-largest public fleet of vehicles Canada Post is ideally positioned to drive the transition to a green economy. The possibilities are endless, writes Toni MacAfee.
The workers’ revolt in Amherst
Historian Nolan Reily chronicles how one hundred years ago workers in Amherst, Nova Scotia, —women and men, union and non-union—shutdown the town’s industries. Even the mechanics in the local garage went on strike. It was a community strike, just like the one that had started four days earlier in Winnipeg, Manitoba.