Our Times Magazine featured an interview with Cape Breton labour activist Suzanne MacNeil. She has since moved to Halifax and is now a member of Solidarity Halifax. Click here to read the article Note: Statements by Solidarity Halifax members do not necessarily reflect positions held by the organization.
Written by Solidarity Halifax supporter Judy Haiven and member Larry Haiven. Both are professors in the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University. Originally published by The Chronicle Herald. The Nova Scotia government and its four acute health care unions have finally resolved their dispute over which unions represent which workers in collective bargaining. The … [Read More]
The Radical Imagination Project and Solidarity Halifax are pleased to invite you to a conversation about the recent Greek elections. Tuesday, March 24 from 5:30-7:30pm at Just Us! Coffeehouse, Spring Garden Road 5:30-6:30 – discussion with a grassroots organizer and scholar from Greece 6:30-7:30 – a discussion of the implications for Halifax, Nova Scotia and … [Read More]
Solidarity Halifax member Shay Enxuga reports on the ongoing Bill 1 saga for Rank & File.ca The Liberals’ election promise of restructuring healthcare in Nova Scotia has turned into a prolonged battle between the government and the province’s four healthcare unions. The drama began last April when the Liberals introduced essential service legislation, eliminating the … [Read More]
People continue to scratch their heads over events regarding arbitrator James Dorsey and comments by Health Minister Leo Glavine. Prof. Larry Haiven, member of Solidarity Halifax, shares his thoughts on CBC Information Morning. > Listen to the interview here Note: Articles published by Solidarity Halifax members do not necessarily reflect positions held by the … [Read More]
A community press conference in support of the Council on African Canadian Education (CACE) was held on Feb 26, 2015 outside the offices of the NS Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development. The purpose was to denounce unfair treatment and what appears to be an attempt to divert attention from the Department’s abuse of … [Read More]
Two members of Solidarity Halifax were featured during the 2015 CKDU Homlessness Marathon and shared their thoughts on the systemic causes of homelessness and precarious housing. The yearly overnight broadcast is shared on campus and community stations from coast to coast, creating linkages and raising awareness of homelessness in Canadian communities. Listen to the segments … [Read More]
Solidarity Halifax member Phil Homburg wrote this piece last year for the UK based Novara Wire. It serves as a good introduction to the topic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. Over the past few months Canada’s Conservative government has been resisting pressure to call an inquiry into reports of more than 1000 unresolved cases … [Read More]
Join Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Dalhousie for a week of events seeking to establish connections between the Palestinian people’s struggle for justice and struggles here in Canada and around the world. Click HERE for events details
Solidarity Halifax is proud to have collaborated with Ujamaa and the Kwacha House Cafe in the creation of Working While Black in Nova Scotia. The project aims to publish anonymous stories of anti-black racism in the workplace in Nova Scotia. Publishing these stories allows workers in the Black community to know that they are not … [Read More]