File contains forms detailing MT&T employees' name, position, address, and damages sustained from the Halifax Explosion. Forms document personal injury and loss of life as well as damage to personal property.
File comprises four letters sent from Fred Thompson to John Bell between July and October, 1976. The letters provide a recounting of Thompson's time in Halifax as a labourer and labour activist and reveal an ongoing discussion between Bell and Thompson regarding labour issues and labour history.
File contains a copy of Ian McKay's paper titled Strikes in the Maritimes, 1901-1914. The paper was delivered in the North American History Seminar coordinated by Bruce Tucker.
Fonds contains research material and manuscripts created by historian Ian McKay when he resided in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Materials include a student essay on strikes in the Maritimes (1901-1914), a manuscript of McKay's undergraduate honours thesis, "The Working Class of Metropolitan Halifax," and 55 audio cassettes and accompanying notes from interviews with workers in the Springhill and Joggins coal mines.
File documents Norman Hebert’s time as a representative of the Nova Scotia Government Employee Union in the Dalhousie Labour University Committee from 1982 to 1985. Meetings took place at the Henson Centre, Dalhousie University. Records include meeting minutes by Donald Maclean, a list of labour courses offered by Dalhousie University, and memoranda notifying committee members of meeting dates.
File includes meeting notices and minutes of the Dalhousie Labour University Committee. Norman Hebert served as a representative of the Nova Scotia Government Employee Union. Meetings took place at the Henson Centre, Dalhousie University.
Fonds comprises employment trends questionnaires created by Richard Apostle and Boris Raymond to generate research data for their book Librarianship and the Information Paradigm (1997).
This fonds includes a variety of photographic material relating to the Marine Workers Federation. As well this fonds contains a copy of the newspaper "The Nova Scotia Worker" Issued by the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour.
Fonds includes financial, legal, administrative and human resources materials dating from the local's founding in 1955, providing insight into the development of the organization's policies and procedures, and also illustrating the broader labour movement and role of unions in shaping the political and social landscape in Nova Scotia. The records provide evidence of the union's administrative and operational functions and activities, including contract negotiation, grievance administration, dues remittance, pension fund administration, membership and labour advocacy, workers' training and education and strike coordination. The records were created by the local's office staff, business managers, executive board, elected officials, Board of Trustees, membership and business associates. Earlier records (pre-1955) became part of the IBEW Local 1928 archive when other IBEW Locals were amalgamated with 1928.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928
Item is a poster for Workers Sold Out a screening of video works by Nancy Nicol. The event featured Nicol's works, Mini Skool Pays Mini Wages and Selling Out.
Item is a photographic still from video Selling Out. Image shows Public Service Alliance of Canada clerical staff picketing at the Halifax Post office.
