Articles
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A Burning Question: Coal or Tires
LafargeHolcim, the world’s third largest building supplies company, wants to burn 400,000 used tires a year at its cement plant just four kilometres away from the village of Brookfield, Nova Scotia. Should we be worried? Keep reading…
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Our Times Tally
Chance that a First Nations child on a reserve in Canada lives in poverty: 3 in 5 • Since 1876, number of First Nations children who were placed in residential schools across Canada: 150,000 Keep reading…
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Davis Day: Coal Miners & Community Connection
Twenty-five years after the Westray explosion, people in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, and across Canada, are reminded of the burden of sorrow carried by coal mining communities everywhere. We share a heritage of lasting grief, but we also share a history of community connection. Keep reading…
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4 Directions Arts Festival
First Nations people do not want to honour what feels like a celebration of colonialism. Instead, we want to honour the Indian residential school survivor legacy and the restoration of our identity as Indigenous peoples. This is our festival and you are invited. Keep reading…
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Sanctuary Cities
Sanctuary cities can offer safety and security for people forced to migrate due to catastrophic climate change. We need more such cities, and more resources for those already in place. Keep reading…
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Mayworks Halifax
A Radical Celebration
What does a radical celebration of Nova Scotia working-class culture look like in 2017? The annual Mayworks Halifax Festival of Working People and the Arts offers a schedule packed with opportunities to find out. Keep reading…
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Bc Schools Project
Day of Mourning
Teaching the next generation of workers how to be safe on the job is becoming an annual event in BC high schools, through the Day of Mourning BC Schools Project. Keep reading…
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Secrets of Successful Organizing
When a core group of member-organizers listens to co-workers and really hear what they are saying, something very positive happens for all involved, and the union is strengthened. Labor Notes gives us tools that can reverse the apathy, one worker at a time. Keep reading…
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Close the Gap
Standing Up For Economic Equality
In the 1970s and ‘80s, women in the labour movement fought to end pay discrimination and close the gender pay gap. Still, today, thousands of women in their unions and community organizations find the fight for pay equity and women’s economic equality is far from over. Keep reading…
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McCollege Credits, Supersized!
McDonald’s has tried to forge a “special” relationship with schools for years. The corporation’s latest foray into the Canadian education arena is taking the form of a massive, province-wide partnership with Colleges Ontario. Keep reading…
