Governments using COVID-19 crisis to undermine CUPE members in New Brunswick
Labour disputes in both the north and south of the province - the Chaleur Region and Saint John - show that...
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Politics
Basic Income Guarantee: a bold political response to COVID-19
I’m writing to urge you and your party to be bold during this time of crisis and introduce a much-needed policy:...
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Common Front: $5.4 million just does not cut it for social assistance
The provincial budget unveiled yesterday is proposing to put $5.4 million toward increasing the basic rates of citizens living on social...
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Higgs budget improves wages but still far from pay equity
The New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity commends the provincial government's efforts to improve wages in key female-dominated sectors in the 2020-21...
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‘Budget with a Heart:’ supporting essential public services with fair corporate taxation
In his recent consultations in 14 communities, Green Party leader David Coon found that New Brunswickers are interested to share their...
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Happy International Women’s Day
The Green Party leader and MLA for Fredericton-South David Coon issued a statement in recognition of International Women’s Day on March...
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“I’d like to put people first,” says Lynaya Astephen, Saint John city councillor candidate
Lynaya Astephen got involved in politics when her community of Red Head, outside of Saint John, was facing a threat so...
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Fort Folly Chief Knockwood and Sackville Mayor Higham to fight cuts to hospital services
Leaders in the Memramcook-Tantramar region are organizing a committee to co-ordinate the fight against provincial plans to cut overnight emergency room...
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Saint John residents rally in support of the Wet’suwet’en, send Wolastoq Grand Council statement to MP
On Feb. 21, Leap4wards organized a rally in Saint John in support of the Wet'suwet'en, Indigenous rights and UNDRIP (the UN...
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Unfinished business: banning replacement workers in New Brunswick
Replacement workers? Strikebreakers? Scabs? Call them what you will, bringing in replacement workers during a strike is one of the sorriest...
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