HALIFAX—Seven Black janitors being laid off from their cleaning jobs at a Halifax office building are accusing the property manager and an incoming contractor of racial discrimination. Darius Mirshahi, an organizer with the Service Employees International Union Local 2, said the new cleaning contractor only rehired a white non-supervisory janitor. Mirshahi said the cleaning company didn’t provide any reason for its decision not to hire the Black workers. He couldn’t immediately say whether the worker offered a position with the new cleaning company had more seniority. The group Working While Black in Nova Scotia issued a statement condemning the company for not rehiring any of the Black janitors.

Source: thestar March 23, 2018 23:34 UTC