- Halifax Water security more combative as management challenges mount
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... (Halifax) - It's been a bit over a week since Halifax Water workers, members of the Canadan Union of Public Employees (CUPE) ... of CUPE Local 227, observes a couple of changes in the way Halifax Water is behaving. For one thing, security guards, working for ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 05/27/2015 - 12:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Halifax Water pension battles and the hidden agenda
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... KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - When it comes to the Halifax Water looming work stoppage , it's important to get the story ... is how to deal with that. CUPE contends that lately Halifax Water management has greatly exaggerated the relevant pension plan ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 05/17/2015 - 11:07 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Op ed: Halifax Water increases revenue while short-changing workers
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... (Halifax) - Bargaining has broken down between Halifax Water and 330 CUPE members in two different locals. These workers ... voted in favour of strike action to back their demands. Halifax Water is proposing both a reduction to the pension plan that would ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 05/11/2015 - 16:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Work stoppage at Halifax Water ever more likely
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... KJIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) - This Saturday unionized workers with Halifax Water Commission met at a Dartmouth hotel to prepare for a strike or ... till and just let the union take what they will,” Halifax Water spokesperson James Campbell told the Chronicle Herald. ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 05/10/2015 - 14:40 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Halifax Water back to the table
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... KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Halifax Water workers and management are going back to bargaining table. The Halifax Water Workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 06/19/2015 - 13:58 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Halifax Water picketer struck by truck
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... (Halifax) - Yesterday an RST truck hit a locked-out Halifax Water worker at the Mill Cove waste water treatment facility in ... not blocking, cars and trucks going in or out at all ten Halifax Water facilities. Stephen MacRae was legally picketing the Mill ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 06/10/2015 - 12:02 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Large rally in support of Halifax Water workers at City Hall
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... at City Hall in Halifax yesterday in support of the Halifax Water workers who are in a fight with their employer over wages and ... A strike or lockout can occur at any time. The 335 Halifax Water workers, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees locals ...
Photographs - Robert DeVet - 05/13/2015 - 13:21 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Halifax Water workers locked out for one month
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... (Halifax) - It's been almost a month now since Halifax Water workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees ... “But it's frustrating to hear in the media that Halifax Water is supposedly wiling to come back to the table,” Corkum ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 06/16/2015 - 21:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Halifax Water contract talks break down
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... KJIPUKTUK, (HALIFAX) - Contract talks between Halifax Water and CUPE have broken off, and a conciliator will file a report ... and the pension plan are the main issues, Dort explains. Halifax Water is unwilling to sign off on a full cost of living increase ...
Story - Robert DeVet - 04/27/2015 - 10:12 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups
- Stephen Harper Is Hiking Your Water Bill By 30%
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... Kyle Buott Water rates could be going up by 30%. 1 Halifax Water, the publicly owned utility providing water, sewer and wastewater ... for this rate hike? What can we do about it? Halifax Water says the rate hike is necessary because we need to do $2.6 ...
Blog entry - Editor - 04/10/2013 - 10:58 - 0 comments - 0 attachments - 0 groups