http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/10941/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/striking-home-support-workers-surround-province-ho/21996 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Essential services legislation curtails workers&#039; bargaining power </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_5088.jpg" alt="" title="Hundreds of striking Home Support Workers surround the Nova Scotia Legislature. They were there to protest essential services legislation that NSGEU President Joan Jessome calls draconian. 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_5074.jpg" alt="" title="The 440 striking Northwood workers will be forced back to work early next week. An additional 1200 workers province-wide who would have been in a legal strike position in March are also affected. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Five hundred angry and very vocal Northwood Home Support Workers and sympathizers surrounded the provincial Legislature this morning.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/striking-home-support-workers-surround-province-ho/21996" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/striking-home-support-workers-surround-province-ho/21996#comments Robert Devet Santé Syndicalisme essential services legislation home support workers Northwood NSGEU strike Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:20:58 +0000 Robert DeVet 21996 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca