http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/7416/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/it-very-dangerous-bring-your-own-agenda/34324 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Jeanne Fay on anti-poverty activism in Nova Scotia </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8495_r.jpg" alt="" title="Jeanne Fay is a long-time anti-poverty activist and organizer. In this interview we touch on activism, white middle class privilege, Princess Anne, and why we should stop being so damn polite. Photo Robert Devet. " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/it-very-dangerous-bring-your-own-agenda/34324" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/it-very-dangerous-bring-your-own-agenda/34324#comments Robert Devet Poverty department of community services ESIA Tue, 29 Dec 2015 21:31:40 +0000 Robert DeVet 34324 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/union-responds-misleading-management-ad-today%E2%80%99s-ch/34313 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cw6xemmwcaavdpp.jpg" alt="" title="This response to an advertisement in today’s Chronicle Herald offering management’s side of the labour dispute is being widely shared on Twitter" width="450" height="582" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - The Halifax Typographical Union wasted little &nbsp;time responding to an advertisement in today&rsquo;s Chronicle Her</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/union-responds-misleading-management-ad-today%E2%80%99s-ch/34313" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/union-responds-misleading-management-ad-today%E2%80%99s-ch/34313#comments Robert Devet Labour Media Chronicle Herald Halifax Typographical Union Wed, 23 Dec 2015 14:55:13 +0000 Robert DeVet 34313 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/chronicle-herald-conciliation-talks-break-down/34310 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Layoffs would affect 30 percent of remaining newsroom workers </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_6775_res_1.jpg" alt="" title="Newsroom reporters and their supporters briefly gathered outside the Herald building on Dutch Village Road in November of 2014 to protest an announced layoff of newsroom staff. Now even more newsroom workers are facing a similar fate. photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-attachment"> <div class="field-label">Files attached to this post:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/news_release_122015.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=26965" title="news_release_122015.pdf">HTU news release</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/chronicle-herald-conciliation-talks-break-down/34310" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/chronicle-herald-conciliation-talks-break-down/34310#comments Robert Devet Labour Chronicle Herald Halifax Typographical Union Mon, 21 Dec 2015 00:15:20 +0000 Robert DeVet 34310 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/minister-who-stole-christmas/34304 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Frozen welfare rates and special needs cutbacks are taking heavy toll </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8571_r.jpg" alt="" title="Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8574_r.jpg" alt="" title="Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8577_r.jpg" alt="" title="Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8581_r.jpg" alt="" title="Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &ndash;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/minister-who-stole-christmas/34304" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/minister-who-stole-christmas/34304#comments Robert Devet Poverty department of community services ESIA Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:06:35 +0000 Robert DeVet 34304 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-chronicle-herald-newsroom-workers-need-our-s/34303 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/herald_leaflet.jpg" alt="" title="The Herald newsroom workers are under attack, and that matters. " width="450" height="582" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-chronicle-herald-newsroom-workers-need-our-s/34303" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-chronicle-herald-newsroom-workers-need-our-s/34303#comments Robert Devet Labour Chronicle Herald Halifax Typographical Union Fri, 18 Dec 2015 00:49:14 +0000 Robert DeVet 34303 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/unions-rally-opposition-bill-148/34298 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/20151216_165604_r.jpg" alt="" title="Another labour rally at the Legislature. This time Bill 148 is the target. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/unions-rally-opposition-bill-148/34298" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/unions-rally-opposition-bill-148/34298#comments Robert Devet Labour Bill 148 Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:03:26 +0000 Robert DeVet 34298 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cut-welfare-small-town-nova-scotia/34294 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Accused unable to see informer’s allegations </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8500_r.jpg" alt="" title="Parrsboro resident John Tyler feels he did nothing wrong, but when somebody called Community Services and accused him of being in a relationship his social assistance application was denied. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8497_r.jpg" alt="" title="This is the humble duplex shared by John Tyler and Shannon Kieler. Neighbours have submitted sworn affidavits stating that the two are not a couple, but to no avail. Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cut-welfare-small-town-nova-scotia/34294" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cut-welfare-small-town-nova-scotia/34294#comments Robert Devet Poverty department of community services ESIA Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:55:02 +0000 Robert DeVet 34294 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-bill-145-needs-be-stopped/34286 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_5367_r.jpg" alt="" title="First home care workers, and health care workers. Now teachers and civil servants see their right to collective bargaining removed through legislation. Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-bill-145-needs-be-stopped/34286" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-bill-145-needs-be-stopped/34286#comments Robert Devet Labour Bill 148 NSGEU Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:47:36 +0000 Robert DeVet 34286 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/new-report-child-care-halifax-expensive-and-suppor/34279 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2015_child_care_shareable_sm.jpg" alt="" title="A study that looks at the most and least expensive cities for child care in Canada shows Halifax is relatively expensive. It fares even worse for low income families who depend on subsidies. " width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/new-report-child-care-halifax-expensive-and-suppor/34279" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/new-report-child-care-halifax-expensive-and-suppor/34279#comments Robert Devet Education Poverty Early Childhood Education Nova Scotia Alternative Budget Fri, 11 Dec 2015 15:57:15 +0000 Robert DeVet 34279 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/i-am-proud-have-been-part-first-ndp-government-nov/34270 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> An interview with NDP leadership candidate Dave Wilson </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/dave-wilson-photo.jpg" alt="" title="Dave Wilson wants to be leader of the Nova Scotia NDP. “As a new government those around the premier at the time circled the premier and that resonated out. People were alienated and were not able to have that access with the premier. I felt that way, and I was a cabinet minister.” Photo contributed. " width="400" height="400" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/i-am-proud-have-been-part-first-ndp-government-nov/34270" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/i-am-proud-have-been-part-first-ndp-government-nov/34270#comments Robert Devet Nova Scotia NDP NSNDP leadership 2016 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 21:13:25 +0000 Robert DeVet 34270 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/be-first-jurisdiction-where-poverty-eliminated/34266 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> An interview with NDP leadership candidate Gary Burrill </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/burrill-knockout-transparent_cropped.png" alt="" title="Gary Burrill wants to be the leader of the Nova Scotia NDP. &quot;It is very important for us to recognize how deeply the situation has changed since we took government in 2009.&quot; Photo contributed" width="390" height="432" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - <a href="http://garyburrill.ca/" rel="nofollow"></a></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/be-first-jurisdiction-where-poverty-eliminated/34266" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/be-first-jurisdiction-where-poverty-eliminated/34266#comments Robert Devet Governance Nova Scotia NDP NSNDP leadership 2016 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 13:37:52 +0000 Robert DeVet 34266 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/we-lost-sight-who-we-are/34261 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> An interview with NDP leadership candidate Lenore Zann </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8529_r.jpg" alt="" title="Lenore Zann is one of the three candidates for leader of the Nova Scotia NDP. She talks about the Dexter years, offers suggestions on how to revive the party, and lists some of her political priorities. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/we-lost-sight-who-we-are/34261" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/we-lost-sight-who-we-are/34261#comments Robert Devet Governance Nova Scotia NDP NSNDP leadership 2016 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 01:44:38 +0000 Robert DeVet 34261 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/stakeholders-blast-community-services-broken-promi/34251 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_85461_0.jpg" alt="" title="Lois Miller of the Community Homes Action Group, addresses a press conference at Province House. She says that Community Services is not at all delivering on earlier promises to persons with disabilities. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Promises that things would finally get better for people with developmental disabilities and their caregivers appear o</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/stakeholders-blast-community-services-broken-promi/34251" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/stakeholders-blast-community-services-broken-promi/34251#comments Robert Devet department of community services Transformation Roadmap Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:35:35 +0000 Robert DeVet 34251 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/halifax-social-housing-tenants-rally-save-their-ho/34240 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8542_r.jpg" alt="" title="Tenants of Harbour City Homes who have been evicted, rallied at the Central Library, asking Housing Nova Scotia to stop ignoring the loss of affordable housing in the North End. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="675" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8535_r.jpg" alt="" title="Dan Troke, CEO of Housing Nova Scotia, talked with the protesters but made no commitments. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_8541_r.jpg" alt="" title="There are subsidies for landlords, but people who have lived in the community for years are ignored,say the protesters. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/halifax-social-housing-tenants-rally-save-their-ho/34240" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/halifax-social-housing-tenants-rally-save-their-ho/34240#comments Robert Devet Housing Poverty Brunswick Street Tenants Association department of community services Housing Nova Scotia Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:00:24 +0000 Robert DeVet 34240 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/former-firefighter-still-fighting-workplace-sexism/34231 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/liane.jpg" alt="" title="A 10-year battle with HRM about workplace misogyny and discrimination is reaching a deciding stage, and former firefighter Liane Tessier needs our help. Photo contributed" width="450" height="334" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p dir="ltr">KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/former-firefighter-still-fighting-workplace-sexism/34231" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/former-firefighter-still-fighting-workplace-sexism/34231#comments Robert Devet Gender Labour gender discrimination Halifax Fire and Emergency Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:56:34 +0000 Robert DeVet 34231 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca