Our Times Magazine‘s latest issue features an article, written by Sima Sahar Zerehi, about Solidarity Halifax’s A People’s History of Nova Scotia conference held last October, Read the article here: TELLING OUR OWN STORIES: A People’s History of Nova Scotia Missed the conference? Photos and Videos of the conference are available!
By Judy Haiven, Associate Professor in the Management Department of the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax. She is also the chair of the Nova Scotia office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and a member of Solidarity Halifax. Originally published in the Halifax Media Co-op. Six to eight thousand people … [Read More]
Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council president Kyle Buott delivered a speech to the provincial Law Amendments Committee in defense of First Contract Arbitration legislation and against the Liberal government’s attempt to make it inaccessible to workers. Kyle is a member of Solidary Halifax. What is this bill about? The Minister of Labour says that … [Read More]
Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council president Kyle Buott calls out Liberal changes to first contract arbitration for newly unionized workplaces as an attack against the working class and defends unionization as the way toward a healthy economy. Kyle is a member of Solidary Halifax. >>Hear Kyle’s interview on CBC Information Morning Note: Statements by … [Read More]
Sébastien Labelle, El Jones and Chris Frazer have each issued statements in response to the photo released on Twitter of Liberal MLA Joachim Stroink posing with a person in blackface. Sébastien Labelle is a member of Solidarity Halifax. El Jones, Halifax poet laureate, and Chris Frazer, associate professor of history at StFX, were both guest … [Read More]
This speech was delivered on November 28th, 2013 outside the Nova Scotia Legislative assembly by John Hutton, student representative to the Dalhousie Board of Governors and member of Solidarity Halifax . Students from Dalhousie and around Halifax were present as the first day of the first session of the new government began, presenting a petition … [Read More]
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By Evan Coole & Shay Enxuga, members of Solidarity Halifax Confronted with the harsh reality of unaffordable housing and homelessness in Halifax, Mayor Mike Savage states the plainly obvious: “[Housing] affects many other folks as well. It’s a whole strata of income levels and demographic groups who are struggling because housing costs have gone up much … [Read More]
Divest Dal spokesperson James Hutt, Dalhousie Student Union board of governors representative John Hutton and Dalhousie Student Union vice-president Aaron Beale call for oil divestment at Dalhousie University. All three are members of Solidarity Halifax. “Climate change and sustainability are clearly huge concerns Dal students share.” The Chronicle Herald: Student union to Dal: Stop investing … [Read More]
By Judy Haiven, associate professor in the Management Dept. at the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University and member of Solidarity Halifax. This comment was sent as a letter to the editor and published in the Globe and Mail. After Monday’s by-election wins, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said the NDP “is no longer the … [Read More]