The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. I (Suzanne Rent) haven’t done a list of terrible-paying jobs in some time. But on the weekend when Tim Bousquet shared a tweet from Stanfield’s saying they were hiring more staff to help them make medical gowns, I thought I’d look into what companies are […]
Postal workers are worried about their safety
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Postal workers in the province are fearful and expressing concerns that Canada Post isn’t doing enough to protect their safety as they continue working through this pandemic. “There are people calling here crying. They have to go to work to get paid, but they’re worried […]
Six protestors arrested at Halifax Canada Post demonstration
It was all-too-Canadian. The cold, the Tim's coffee, the parkas, the police being polite while they arrested people for exercising their rights, the public that supports stripping workers' rights because there might be letters for Santa in those vans. And the general indifference while the police are authorized to use force to break the strike and keep breaking it, all while we celebrate being a kinder, gentler country than what we see happening under Trump.
I was sitting at home when I got the community call-out for a solidarity action at the Canada Post on Almon Street on Sunday night. Since I live in the area, I decided to go down and see what was happening and join in to support the postal workers. Across Canada, people have been protesting […]
You too can own a cool Halifax Examiner travel mug
Morning File, Friday, November 16, 2018
November subscription drive We’ve got travel mugs! They’re too costly to mail, tho, so you can only get them if you come to our subscriber party, Sunday, November 25, 4–7pm at Bearly’s Tavern. The band Museum Pieces will play, and former CBC host and spice merchant Costas Halavrezos will introduce investigative journalist Linden MacIntyre as our […]