PSA: Labour Day 2020 in Halifax: Aquakultre, Deirdre Lee, Beehive Collective and Zuppa Theatre Co
Wonderful program presented by the Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Board.
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PSA: Labour Day rally – Ten paid sick days for all!
PSA: Stephen McNeil has refused to work with the federal government to grant all workers access to paid sick leave. Now is the time to let the province know that we can’t fight COVID-19 without guaranteeing each worker in the province access to ten paid sick days a year.
Media Release: NSGEU doubles down – Calls for better safety protocols for students and staff in schools
Media release: The NSGEU stands with the Nova Scotia Teacher’s Union (NSTU) in calling for improved safety in schools, plus a delayed opening, in order to ensure a safe school experience for workers and students in Nova Scotia.
Press release: Schools aren’t safe or ready for reopening
Press release: NSTU President Paul Wozney says schools are currently in a state of chaos and aren’t ready to welcome students back next week. He says the Regional Centres for Education (RCEs) and the Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial (CSAP) are entirely focused on trying to promote the government’s unsafe return to school plan to the public. As a result the basic things that should take place on the ground to prepare schools for learning just aren’t happening.
Press release: Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture ignores yet another community
Press release: For the third time in four months, Keith Colwell, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, has approved a finfish farm lease despite loud opposition from the very Nova Scotian community where the lease is located.
Media advisory: Relocation of Dalhousie Legal Aid Service from the Gottingen Street neighborhood due to building safety concerns
Media Advisory: After 50 years of being located in the North End of Halifax, the Dalhousie Legal Aid Service (DLAS) will leave its current office at 2209 Gottingen Street on September 10, 2020. Staff members have been told that this move is due to building safety concerns. The DLAS will relocate to 2900 Agricola Street for two years pending the development of plans to return to the Gottingen Street neighbourhood.
Media release: ACORN Tenant Unions across the HRM unite to renew calls for Landlord Licensing
Media release: Tenants are tired of dealing with landlords that are neglecting their units – we’re calling on the city to enact a proactive system to hold landlords accountable and keep units up to standard!
PSA: Black Lives Matter picnic
Black youth on the South Shore are organizing a Black Lives Matter picnic with their supporters on August 30 at 3pm at Hutt Lake in Chester, please come. This picnic is a Black youth response to the hate crime that happened August 15, 2020 at Hutt Lake, a local swimming spot in Chester, NS when a group of families including a Black man and 9 year old child were threatened by local youth waving a noose and confederate flag who made racists threats in person and publicly online.
Media Advisory: Halifax gathering calls for justice for Kayla Borden
On August 28th at 2pm, community members will gather to demand justice for Kayla Borden, a local woman who one month ago was racially profiled and arrested by 6 Halifax Regional Police (HRP) Officers.
PSA: Justice for Kayla Borden, August 28
Join us on August 28th from 2-4pm to demand justice for our community member Kayla Borden. On July 28, 202 Kayla Borden was racially profiled and arrested by 6 Halifax Regional Police Officers.