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last updated August 27, 2010
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| September 2, 2010 - On Labour Day we recognize and pay tribute to the many valuable social and economic achievements made by working people.
Click here to read the Labour Day 2010 Message from Rick Clarke, President
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| September 2, 2010 -
The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council
invites you to attend the
HALIFAX LABOUR DAY 2010
March, Rally & BBQ Picnic
Monday September 6th, 2010
Gather at 10:30am / March at 11:00am
RALLY and BBQ to Follow from 12:00 Noon Onwards
South Commons Triangle
(for map, see http://bit.ly/labourday)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
SPEAKERS to include:
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter
Megan Leslie, MP for Halifax
Rick Clarke, President of the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour
Donna Mendes, Chair of the Labour Council's Human Rights & Anti-Racism Committee
MUSIC in the afternoon by NORMA MacDONALD as well as JOE MURPHY and the WATER STREET BLUES BAND
In the event of severe / inclement weather this weekend:
The Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council will have an outgoing voicemail
on their telephone at 902-453-2074 indicating any event cancellation if needed by 8am on Monday.
For information on additional Labour Day events throughout the province, please read our newsletter.
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| August 23, 2010 -
Farmers Boycott over
The workers at Farmers Dairy (CEP Local 40N) have ratified a Collective Agreement with the employer, and have requested that the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour & its affiliate unions end the boycott of Farmers Dairy products.
Congratulations to the members of CEP Local 40N in standing strong throughouta lockout that lasted more than five weeks.
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| June 21, 2010 - The Nova Scotia Federation of Labour in partnership with Higgins General Insurance is pleased to offer its sixth annual bursary in the amount of $1000.00. This bursary will be offered to a full-time student who will be attending university or trade school/community college for the first time or as a returning student. To download an application for the Muriel Duckworth Memorial Bursary, click here.
To download an application for our five other bursaries, click here.
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| June 11, 2010- If you are travelling between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, please support our CAW brothers and sisters by filling up at the Gas Bar at 17 Lawrence St. In Amherst. More...
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| May 5, 2010 - NSFL First Vice-President Joan Jessome laid a wreath at the Day of Mourning ceremony held at Province House on April 28th. She also spoke at the event along with Canadian Labour Congress Execurive Vice-President Barb Byers and Halifax-Dartmouth and District Labour Council President Kyle Buott.
Other ceremonies were held around the province sponsored by the the Annapolis Valley Labour Council, the Strait Area Labour Council, the South Shore Labour Council and the Cape Breaton District Labour Council and the Town of New Glasgow. 
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| April 1, 2010 - Latest Nova Scotia Worker Update with April 28th, Day of Mourning Ceremony details and information on the Nova Scotia Federation of Union Retirees AGM on May 15, 2010. Read...
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March 25, 2010 -
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NSFL president Rick Clarke and CAW Local 1 & NSFL General Vice President Karl Risser at the Halifax Shipyard speaking with Economic and Rural Development Minister Percy Paris. On February 25th, the Dexter Government announced a $20-million investment in the Halifax Shipyard to help create jobs. The investment is a repayable loan and will be used to modernize and upgrade infrastructure to increase competitiveness.
January
12, 2010 - Federation President Rick
Clarke urges NS government to honour wage parity.
More...
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| January
4, 2010 - President Clarke's New Year's
message. Read...
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| November
24, 2009 - Federation condemns Gerald
Keddy's rant against Nova Scotians. More... |
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November
16, 2009 -
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We made Canada a better country when we moved
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Let's do it again and give every Canadian the
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Send
this message to your MP today.
Please share this new tool with your networks
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too.
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| November
16, 2009 - Highlights
from 45th Federation of Labour Convention
Convention
News, October 26
Convention
News, October 27
Convention
News, October 28
NSFL
Press Release, October 28, 2009 |
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| September
4, 2009 - Labour
Day Message from NSFL President, Rick Clarke. Read... |
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| August
27, 2009 - Labour Day celebrations
throughout the province. More...
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| June
3, 2009 - The BETTER CHOICE NOVA SCOTIA
2009 focuses on six issues of interest to working
people and unions throughout the province. Read
President Rick Clarke's letter to affiliates.
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May
29, 2009 -
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| May
29, 2009 - Billions in EI surplus
and workers still not qualifying, read
Rick Clarke's opinion piece.
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| April
27, 2009 - Day of Mourning press release
from NSFL President Rick Clarke and updated agenda
of province-wide events. More...
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| April
27, 2009 - Federation President Rick
Clarke's opinion piece on April 28th Day of Mourning
appeared in The Chronicle Herald on April 24th. Read... |
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| April
24, 2009 - Day
of Mourning Ceremony, Pictou County
Day of Mourning ceremony to be held at Trenton
Park, Tuesday April 28, at 6pm.
There will also be a wreath laying ceremony, if
any locals are interested in taking part.
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| April
21, 2009 - A delegation of the Canadian
Labour Congress is here in Geneva to engage with the
UN Durban Review Process. This conference is intended
to assess UN member nations efforts to eliminate racism
since the landmark declaration agreed to in Durban
in 2001. Website... |
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| April
14, 2009 - Labour Federation calls
on Servisair to get back to the bargaining table.
More...
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| April
8, 2009 - Read
the latest Nova Scotia Worker Update
with information on April 28 Day
of Mourning Ceremonies across the province. |
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| March
12, 2009 - Join us on Saturday, March
14 at 2 pm to support local news! Press
Release... |
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| March
12, 2009 - Federation calls on Premier
to immediately release details of economic stimulus
plan. Press
Release... |
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| February
27, 2009 - Federation of Labour's
response to the latest Minimum Wage Review Committee
Report. Read...
Other documents related to our submission:
Response
to 2008 Minimum Wage Review Committee Report
CCPA-NS
paper, "Hard Working Province: Is It enough?
Rising profits and falling labour shares in Nova
Scotia"
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| February
27, 2009 - President Rick Clarke has
written an open letter to Premier Rodney MacDonald
on the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Partnership Agreement
on Regulation and the Economy (PARE). Read...
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| January
26, 2009 - Job losses in the Valley
point to need for balanced representation on NS Economic
Advisory Panel. Read... |
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| January
16, 2009 - Canadian Labour Congress
"Get Real: It's the Economy" campaign.
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| January
16, 2009 - GrowthWorks Atlantic Venture
Fund is offering an exciting lunch
benefit to union members in 2009. More... |
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| January
7, 2009 - Petro Canada Boycott is
over. More... |
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Holiday Inn Harbourview - 101
Wyse Rd. in Dartmouth. If you are in Metro you
can call 463.1100. Toll-free: 1.888.434.0440.
Don’t forget to request the Nova Scotia
Federation of Labour rate. Free High-Speed Internet,
Local Calls and Parking. If you need a group booking,
please contact 464.5320.
Claymore Hotel- Antigonish,
To make reservations, please call 902.863.1050.
Toll-free: 1.888.863.1050. Address: 133 Church
St., Antigonish. Group rates can be negotiated
and the staff at the Claymore can assist you with
that.
Delta Halifax - 1990 Barrington
St., Halifax. For bookings in Metro, call 425.6700,
toll-free: 1.800.268.1133. For 474.7061.
Citadel Hotel - 1960 Brunswick
St., Halifax. In Metro call 422.1391. Toll-free:
1.800.565.7162. For group bookings call 494.9192.
Lord Nelson Hotel - 1515 South
Park St. In Metro, call 423.6331. Toll-free: 1.800.565.2020.
For group inquiries please call 902.491.6105.
Delta Sydney - 300 Esplanade,
Sydney, N.S. call 562.7500. Toll-free: 1.800.565.1001.
Westin Hotel - 1181 Hollis St.,
Halifax. For Individual reservations - toll free
1-877-9Westin, locally 421-1000, email reservations@westin.ns.ca
and ask for the government rate. Union ID will be
asked upon check in. For Group bookings call (902) 496-8593 or (902) 496-8589.
Best Western North Star Inn -
39 Forrest St., North Sydney, N.S. 902.794.8581
(General number for reservations and meetings).
Days Inn - 480 Kings Rd.,Sydney,
N.S. 902.539.6750 (reservations)1.877.834.0333 (toll-free).
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| We
would like to acknowledge the winners of the 2009
- 2010 NSFL Bursaries.
Patti Pattenden - Alex "Sugarcamp"
MacDonald Memorial Bursary Winner
Drew Myers - Leo F. McKay Bursary
Winner
Sarah Sears - Glenda Cooper Memorial
Bursary Winner
Dayne Adams - Joe Gannon Memorial
Bursary Winner
Jawna MacKinnon - J.K. Bell Memorial
Bursary Winner
Congratulations
to all winners, and good luck with your studies! |
