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Canadian Federation of Students National Day of Action Wednesday, February 1st 2012 -- Rally at 1:00pm at Victoria Park, March to NSCAD Take Action! Join us on the streets for the February 1st National Student Day of Action!
The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council is pleaed to endorse the CFS Day of Action.  The Labour Council adopted the following resolution at our General Meeting on January 11th:
Canadian Federation of Students Day of Action Whereas, the provincial government has announced cuts to operating grants for universities and increases in tuition fees for students, and Whereas, these cuts will make education even more unaffordable for workers and their
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Support Occupy Nova Scotia (#OccupyNS)

The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council supports Occupy Nova Scotia.

There is a SOLIDARITY RALLY scheduled for Saturday November 12th at 11:00am at the Halifax Grand Parade Square, as follows:

Solidarity Rally Saturday November 12th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Grand Parade Square in front of City Hall. Come support Occupy Nova Scotia by bringing union banners, flags, signs, and people to the Halifax Grand Parade Square Saturday morning. There is a Facebook event page for this event at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=301064799904227

See http://halifaxlabour.ca/?p=1144 for more information on the above Solidarity Rally for Occupy Nova Scotia.

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Occupy Nova Scotia: Solidarity Rally on Saturday November 12th at 11am at Halifax Grand Parade

Occupy Nova Scotia: Solidarity Rally on Saturday November 12th at 11am at Halifax Grand Parade

November 11th, 2011

Occupy Nova Scotia needs the full support of all union members and members of the community urgently. Please attend an urgent Solidarity Rally on Saturday November 12th at the Halifax Grand Parade. As you will have seen reported in the media, Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly directed police to remove Occupy Nova Scotia protesters and tents from Victoria Park in Halifax on Friday November 11th (Remembrance Day), despite discussions which had taken[...More]

Labour Council condemns Mayor Peter Kelly’s eviction of Occupy Nova Scotia – Rally Saturday at 11am at Grand Parade

Labour Council condemns Mayor Peter Kelly's eviction of Occupy Nova Scotia - Rally Saturday at 11am at Grand Parade

November 11th, 2011

The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council condemns the Halifax Regional Municipality and Mayor Peter Kelly's order to evict Occupy Nova Scotia Demonstrators on Remembrance Day and the actions of the police in assaulting and arresting several peaceful protesters. This is a shameful act given that Remembrance Day honours the memory of those who gave their lives for the right to peaceful political demonstrations, free speech and free assembly. The Labour Council urges[...More]

Labour Council at Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Convention 2011

Labour Council at Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Convention 2011

October 25th, 2011

  Labour Council report on the NSFL 2011 convention. Presented as close as possible to the time, it is updated each day with a new report. It begins with the Convention Opening. Convention Opening. Sunday night, Oct. 23rd.,  was the kick off of the 2011 Nova Scotia Federation of Labour Convention. It began with a Call to Order, and the singing of Solidarity Forever. (So glad I had been going to choir and[...More]

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We Support Our Transit Workers

January 28th, 2012

URGENT - PLEASE CIRCULATE BROADLY COMMUNITY RALLY We Support Our Transit Workers & Public Transit Services SUNDAY January 29th at 5:00pm Halifax Grand Parade Square (at Halifax City Hall, between Barrington & Argyle Streets) As you may have heard, members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 508, the workers at Halifax Metro Transit, are being pushed into a strike by Mayor Kelly and the Halifax Regional Municipality. The Halifax transit workers will be in a legal strike position on Thursday, February 2nd.  The workers and their union[...More]

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Blog Post - A Short History of SolHal

January 25th, 2012

A Short History of Solidarity Halifax – Feb 2010 to Jan 2012 By Kyle Buott, President, Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council I am writing this article at the request of the Membership Committee of Solidarity Halifax. The goal is to provide an account of the work that has gone into SolHal so far to bring us to the point where we have launched a new anti-capitalist organization. I have been a participant in this process since February of 2010 and on the[...More]

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First Contract Arbitration

December 9th, 2011

First Contact Arbitration By Thane Paris, HDDLC Executive Member and NSGEU Local 7 Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of media coverage around a new amendment to the Trade Union Act called First Contract Arbitration (FCA). The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives (PC) and some in the business community have come out blasting this new bill, saying it hurts the province’s business climate and drives away investment in our province. Others say we really don’t need first contract arbitration,[...More]


Historic Quotes from Labour’s Past in Nova Scotia.

‘… a cruel competitive sytem forces them to march through life along the edge of a chasm of poverty, and any small reduction in wages may at any time precipitate them into its woeful pit.’ — James B. McLachlan Labour Gazette, 1908, J. B. McLachlan: A Biography: The Story of a Legendary Labour Leader, By David Frank