By Shay Enxuga On Friday, Oct. 3, 2014 the Nova Scotian Liberal government will pass legislation that is intended to wreak havoc among the province’s healthcare unions. Couched in the language of “streamlining service provision,” and set against the backdrop of fiscal austerity, it’s hard to see Bill 1 – The Health Authorities Act – as anything Continue readingNS Liberals vs. workers round 2: The battle over Bill 1
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BC teachers strike | Impark workers | Ontario minimum wage | Save Canada Post | Nova Scotia nurses | Lac-Mégantic fallout | Manitoba NDP & IBEW | GO Transit Why I’m on the picket line Tara Ehrcke, Staffroom Confidential May 31 2014 I believe I deserve a raise, but just like other teachers, that isn’t Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – June 2, 2014
Hassan Yussuff| Halifax Nurses | BC Teachers | Home Mail Delivery | Justice for Janitors | Canadian Football League | Fight for 15 | Rana Plaza | 14 Dollar Minimum Wage | Hudak’s 100,000 Job Cuts Hassan Yussuff and the ‘war on labour’ CBC, The Current May 22, 2014 Two weeks ago, Hassan Yusseff was Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – May 26, 2014
By David Bush In the dead of night on March 31 the Liberal government of Nova Scotia skulked into the provincial legislature and introduced essential service legislation, Bill 37, that stripped nearly 40 000 workers of their right to strike. The immediate context was a looming strike by nearly 2400 nurses in the Capital District Continue readingA Major Blow to the Right to Strike in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia’s Bill 37 | Unifor Toyota drive | Edmonton layoffs | Hassan Husseini | Inequality | Gender pay gap | OPSEU and the LCBO | Anti-UAW firm | GM’s murderous decision Nova Scotia’s Bill 37: News Round-up Bill 37: Cutting Nova Scotia’s unions off at the knees Larry Haiven, testimony to the Nova Scotia Continue readingRankandfile.ca Weekly Labour Update – April 7 2014
The Nova Scotia Liberals have passed Bill 37, cutting labour out from the knees, and attacking a healthcare workforce of mainly women in a province recently rocked by a string of incidents exposing how deeply sexism is rooted in our institutions and our daily lives. In the first video, nurses speak out about how Bill Continue readingWeekend Videos: Fighting Bill 37