Halifax Labour Day rally demands 10 paid sick days for all workers, now more than ever
Not quite a Labour Day march, but a rally earlier today in support of 10 paid sick days in Nova Scotia drew close to 100 people to downtown Halifax.
Labour standards
Will you get paid on Labour Day? It’s complicated
In Nova Scotia, Labour Day is one of the six paid holidays in the year. If your workplace is closed that day, or you do not work that day, you are entitled to a day off with pay. But there is more. Judy Haiven explains.
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.
Danny Cavanagh: Many families cannot afford to take time off without paid sick leave
Danny Cavanagh: “We continue to be baffled by the assumption in the reopening plan that all families have the resources to simply “stay the blazes home” when their students exhibit symptoms of COVID-19.”
Danny Cavanagh: If ride-sharing services come to HRM, passengers and workers must be protected
Danny Cavanagh: HRM council must ensure that workers’ rights are respected and that companies abide by the same rules as taxis and that checks and balances are in place to protect the travelling public and workers.
“We want this to be a good place to work” – Employees and former employees picket Organic Earth Market in Halifax
Current and former employees of Organic Earth Market on Quinpool Road in Halifax joined a picket line this morning to protest management’s efforts to stop the store workers from unionizing. According to the workers on the picket line these union busting efforts run the gamut from worker intimidation to the recent firing of two employees supportive of the unionization drive.
Canada Day, will you be paid?
What’s open, what’s closed, who cares? Will you get paid, and does your boss know, that’s what matters.
PSA: Rally against loss of “hero pay” – Quinpool Road Superstore, Friday, Noon, June 26
Please attend a one-hour rally to protest Superstore and Sobey’s cutting their front-line workers’ 15% “hero pay”
PSA: Free webinar — Bad bosses: My experience in toxic workplaces — June 17
PSA: Bad bosses, my experience in toxic workplaces. A webinar presented by labour activist and journalist Lisa Cameron.
Reopening child care centres may be more risky than assumed
Lack of masks, together with the use of substitute workers and the absence of paid sick leave were contributing factors in the many coronavirus-related deaths in long term care facilities across the country. Let’s not make the same mistake twice.