SOLIDARITY WITH THE PICTOU LANDING FIRST NATION BLOCKADE OF NORTHERN PULP MILL INFORMATION PICKET AND LEAFLETING OUTSIDE OF SCOTIA SQUARE (location of the NS Dept. of the Environment) Monday morning, June 16 8:30 to 9:30am at corner of Barrington and Duke St. Halifax Organized by Solidarity Halifax and the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group […Read more]
Unions are one of the only remaining democratic institutions under capitalism strong enough to take on neo-liberal policies. But are unions rising to the challenge? Especially when it comes to young workers? Faced with an increased casualization of work and chronic unemployment, young workers have less and less access to unions and to unionized workplaces. […Read more]
Solidarity Halifax member James Hutt talks to Rick Howe on 95,7 FM about our Power to the People campaign and the need to return Nova Scotia Power to democratic public ownership. >>LISTEN HERE [place marker at 37:22] Sign the PETITION here to return Nova Scotia Power to democratic public ownership
Solidarity Halifax member James Hutt writes to The Chronicle Herald on behalf of the Power to the People campaign. Nova Scotia Power has overcharged and is reimbursing 13,000 Nova Scotians due to a glitch in its system. Yet an even bigger “glitch” allows NSP to pocket millions of taxpayers’ dollars every year. In 2013, NSP […Read more]
Solidarity Halifax is a proud sponsor of the 2014 MayworksHalifax Festival. See the festival’s press release below (features quotes from Solidarity Halifax members Sébastien Labelle and Kyle Buott) and make sure to check out the full calendar of events at mayworkshalifax.ca Artists and labour activists join forces in another edition of the expanding MayworksHalifax Festival. […Read more]