Union members, members of the community, neighbours, family and friends are strongly encouraged to attend an urgent SOLIDARITY RALLY for OCCCUPY NOVA SCOTIA Saturday November 12th beginning at 11:00am at the Halifax Grand Parade Square.
As you will have seen reported in the media, Halifax Mayor Peter Kelly directed police to remove and evict peaceful Occupy Nova Scotia protesters and tents from Victoria Park in Halifax on Friday November 11th (Remembrance Day), despite discussions which had taken place over recent weeks and the agreement of the occupiers to move from the Halifax Grand Parade Square temporarily to Victoria Park (Spring Garden and South Park) to accommodate both Remembrance Day and Dignity Day on the request of the Mayor. The Mayor’s actions today, by sending police into Victoria Park as wreaths were being laid for Remembrance Day, is in violation of both the spirit and stated intent of the agreement that Occupy Nova Scotia entered into with the Mayor and Veterans.
Also: the Labour Council encourages all union members, community supporters of the occupation and others to phone Mayor Peter Kelly to express their disappointment in his actions on Remembrance Day. Mayor Kelly can be reached on his cell phone at 902-222-9999 or at his office at 902-490-4010.
Please pass the word around about Saturday's important rally. Local unions are encouraged to send representatives to bring a message of solidarity to the rally. Please bring union banners and flags and let folks know that organized labour stands on the side of justice — against corporate greed and the banks who crashed our economy in the first place.
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