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Employees of three Cascadia liquor stores will enter the second week of their strike on Saturday. A second community rally is taking place at noon.

Employees of three Cascadia liquor stores will begin their strike on Saturday, with a community rally planned for noon at one of the stores.

Unless a deal is reached in short order, a boycott of all Java Blend businesses and their products (to be considered hot cargo) will be launched Sunday.

To avoid a boycott, SEIU Local 2 says Java Blend needs to drop its frivolous objections, come to the bargaining table, and reach a fair agreement.

Java Blend's terminated workers will hold a public rally at the North St cafe in Halifax on Saturday.

Dozens of cleaners, including workers at Abbotsford International Airport, may be going on strike. Members of SEIU Local 2, employed by Dexterra Group.

Nine Java Blend employees, including the four leaders of a union drive, were illegally terminated last week according to ULP complaint.

SEIU Local 2 to hold press conference to address terminations at Java Blend in Halifax

Workers at Pete’s Frootique in Halifax have taken important steps in their first collective Agreement. Yearly raises, just cause protections, sick days.

Workers at the Sobeys-owned Pete’s Frootique in Halifax have ratified their first collective agreement this evening. January 6 actions cancelled.