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Happy International Women’s Day from Fight for $15 & Fairness Halifax

Happy International Women’s Day! The Halifax Chapter of Fight for 15 knows that women are some of the hardest workers out there. Women often work double time, working under formal employment as well as performing unpaid labour at home. It’s not a coincidence that jobs that have been traditionally considered ‘women’s work’ are underpaid. Women…

Educators for Social Justice Support the Fight for 15

By Educators for Social Justice Educators see the effects of poverty first hand. Every day, we teach students from homes which lack the basic necessities for a healthy, dignified life. The effects of poverty are many and varied: a lack of nutritious food; decreased access to health care services such as dental care or prescription…