About us
The Halifax Workers' Action Centre (Halifax WAC) was founded in 2017 by the Halifax-Dartmouth & District Labour Council and Solidarity Halifax. We are a partnership between union and non-union worker organizers, law students, and employment lawyers.
The goal of the Halifax WAC is to improve the lives and working conditions of people in low-wage and precarious employment. The centre provides information and education to enable workers to organize to promote, protect, and enhance their rights. This includes organizing workers within their workplace, as well as to fight for legislative changes to benefit working people in our province.
Our work is guided by these principles:
maximum involvement of the people affected,
developing leadership among workers,
shared learning and,
action for change.
We are currently the only free legal information service in Nova Scotia that specializes in employment law.
Our goal is to…
Educate
workers about their workplace rights
Agitate
around the widespread issue of workplace injustice
Organize
for positive change and fair workplace protections for all
Meet Our Staff
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Sydnee Blum
Co-Executive Director
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Nicholas Matsell
Staff Lawyer
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Margaret Anne McHugh
Lead Organizer
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Jim Gavin
Community Organizer
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Colin Bullard
Fundraiser
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Yiying Wang
Schulich Intern, PhD Candidate
Meet Our Students
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Iwinosa "Winnie" Oshodin
BSW Practicum Placement
Meet Our Board
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Antonia Chircop
Articling Lawyer
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Brian Crawford
Worker Organizer
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Debbie Richardson
President - Halifax Dartmouth & District Labour Council
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Frances Tufford
Worker Organizer
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Jason Edwards
Supervising Lawyer
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Katrin MacPhee
Supervising Lawyer
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Melissa Marsman
President - Nova Scotia Federation of Labour
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Suzanne MacNeil
Worker Organizer
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Tony Tracy
Worker Organizer
The Halifax Workers’ Action Centre is a labour of love between unionized and non-unionized workers, thank you to our union partners:
