Members of the NB Coalition for Pay Equity and the Fredericton District Labour Council gave peanuts to MLAs entering the Legislature on Dec. 12. Attached to the peanuts was the message, “Merry Christmas! Tis the season. Give us pay equity. We don’t want to work for peanuts!”
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