There will be a support rally for the Halifax Transit Workers (ATU Local 508) at 5:00pm on THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2nd at the Halifax Grand Parade Square (Halifax City Hall). Early on Thursday morning / Wednesday night, transit workers were forced on strike  by the Halifax Regional Municipalities' continued demand for a large number of very serious concessions to their Collective Agreement. Community members, students, union members and others need to[...More]

Canadian Federation of Students National Day of Action Wednesday, February 1st 2012 Rally at 1:00pm at Victoria Park (Spring Garden & South Park), March to NSCAD Take Action! Join us on the streets for the Wednesday February 1st National Student Day of Action! The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council is pleaed to endorse the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) Day of Action.  The Labour Council adopted the following resolution at our General Meeting[...More]

The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council condemns the Halifax Regional Municipality and Mayor Peter Kelly's order to evict Occupy Nova Scotia Demonstrators on Remembrance Day and the actions of the police in assaulting and arresting several peaceful protesters. This is a shameful act given that Remembrance Day honours the memory of those who gave their lives for the right to peaceful political demonstrations, free speech and free assembly. The Labour Council urges[...More]

I am disturbed by something I see cropping up in the headlines - Inter-generational strife, inter-generational conflict, even "inter-generational warfare"!  There are over a million Google hits on most (but only 136,000 for warfare. . . just catching on?) and it is becoming a far too popular meme. I was particularly struck by the phrase, which I have been seeing for some time,  when it occurred in a headline in the Chronicle-Herald: -- Pension Fight is one for the Ages: OAS[...More]

A very successful Solidarity Rally for the transit workers from ATU Local 508 (currently on strike) and Halifax Water Commission Workers from CUPE Local  227    (currently in a strike position)  was held at Grand Parade, in front of Halifax City Hall,  on a frosty Sunday, Feb 12th at 1:00pm. Members representing some of the largest unions in HRM were there, including representatives from CUPE, NSGEU, CEP, CAW, PSAC, IATSE and more.  In addition,  there were speeches and support from the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council[...More]

A Short History of Solidarity Halifax – Feb 2010 to Jan 2012 By Kyle Buott, President, Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council I am writing this article at the request of the Membership Committee of Solidarity Halifax. The goal is to provide an account of the work that has gone into SolHal so far to bring us to the point where we have launched a new anti-capitalist organization. I have been a participant in this process since February of 2010 and on the[...More]