http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/14901/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/2000-hour-real-living-wage-halifax/33608 <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/cgayvy8xiaazxqn.jpg" alt="" title="It takes a wage of just about $20 per hour to live a dignified life in Halifax, a new report concludes. From left to right, moderator and United Way Halifax Interim CEO Rustum Southwell, Max Chauvin, also with United Way, and CCPA Nova Scotia Director Christine Saulnier, who wrote the report together with Mary-Dan Johnston. Photo Robert Devet " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Most people in Halifax earning minimum wage or slightly above will tell you that it&#39;s not enough to make ends meet.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/2000-hour-real-living-wage-halifax/33608" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/2000-hour-real-living-wage-halifax/33608#comments Robert Devet Labour Poverty CCPA-NS Halifax living wage minimum wage poverty Mon, 01 Jun 2015 21:21:26 +0000 Robert DeVet 33608 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/get-paid-thursday-food-bank-friday/33294 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Airport Authority profits from cleaners&#039; low wages, says Union </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/page450/11010300_324722874384307_5621824878493301839_n.jpg" alt="" title="Earlier this month the Eurest cleaners, members of Teamsters Canada, together with other airport workers rallied at the airport to tell the Airport Authority to step up. Now they want your help. Photo Trevor Beckerson, Facebook" width="450" height="272" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><i>Words that we hope describe our airport are: happy, helpful, courteous, caring and kind. This is &ldquo;The Stanfield Way&rdquo; of doing business. Halifax Stanfield International Airport <a href="http://hiaa.ca/airport-authority/the-stanfield-way/" rel="nofollow">website</a></i></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/get-paid-thursday-food-bank-friday/33294" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/get-paid-thursday-food-bank-friday/33294#comments Robert Devet Labour Transportation Airport Authority HIAA living wage Teamsters Canada Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:43:26 +0000 Robert DeVet 33294 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotia-needs-raise/33135 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Lively town hall kicks off living wage campaign </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/page450/10987626_10155154057315548_4508438702047347477_n.jpg" alt="" title="A panel and a town hall kicked off the Nova Scotia Needs a Raise Campaign. Photo Tony Trace / Facebook" width="450" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>When Omar Joof arrived in Nova Scotia in 2002 minimum wage looked pretty good. Until the bills started to roll in, that is.</p> <p>Pretty soon he was working two or even three shifts a day as a janitor.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotia-needs-raise/33135" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotia-needs-raise/33135#comments Robert Devet Labour Poverty ACORN CFS-NS Halifax Dartmouth District Labour Council living wage Nova Scotia poverty Solidarity Halifax Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:23:58 +0000 Robert DeVet 33135 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca