Friday, Oct 18, 1pm: Peaceful slowdown of traffic on highway 102 near Millbrook/Truro. Friday, Oct 18, 1pm: Peaceful slowdown of traffic on Canso Causeway in Auld’s Cove. Friday, Oct 18, 3 pm: Rally in front of Irving at corner of Robie and Charles in Halifax. Food, clothes and water will be collected to bring to Elsipogtog. […Read more]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Solidarity Halifax October 17,2013 Solidarity Halifax deplores the use of militarized violence against protesters near Elsipogtog, New Brunswick and re-iterates its statement of solidarity toward those putting their health and safety in jeopardy for the protection of land and water. The bravery and sacrifice of those blocking SWN contractors and […Read more]
A People’s History of Nova Scotia: A conference by Solidarity Halifax October 4 – 5, 2013 George Elliot Clarke was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, near the Black Loyalist community of Three Mile Plains, in 1960. He is the inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. Clarke has been […Read more]
Solidarity Halifax member David Bush examines the challenges unions face in organizing the low wage sector. The union movement in Canada faces a number of challenges. Not only has the economic crisis given the excuse to employers and the state to rail on organized workers, but labour’s difficulties in successfully organizing in the service sector […Read more]
Speaking on behalf of Solidarity Halifax, Professor Larry Haiven addressed the amassed crowd during the Halifax Labour Day celebrations. Not so long ago I saw a report from a union organizer in the United States. He said when he goes to parties and people ask him what he does for a living he says he’s […Read more]