Founders Square
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Fired black janitors in Halifax find new jobs, Joel Plaskett pens song of supportIn an email to Global News, Armour Group, the property manager of the historic Hollis Street building, has said it terminated its contract with the cleaning contractor GDI Services — the company who had employed the janitors — over poor cleaning services.CanadaMar 29, 2018
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Group to continue protests outside office building after janitors firedMembers of a union supporting the cleaners say they plan to stage rallies at the historic Founders Square office building to draw attention to the issue.CanadaMar 27, 2018
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Union says black janitors were fired after revealing human rights complaintUnionized workers of African descent who clean Founders Square and say they were notified of their termination last Friday - a week before layoffs were to take effect - and the day they took their complaints public.CanadaMar 26, 2018
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Black janitors in Halifax allege racial discrimination, plan to file human rights complaintThe group of seven janitors say one white cleaner will keep their job under the new cleaning contract, while the black workers are all set to lose their jobs at the end of the month.CanadaMar 23, 2018
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