Instead of thanks, we want action: Unions call on Higgs to invest in New Brunswick’s public services
Public sector unions are coming together in solidarity to urge the provincial government to lead New Brunswick’s economic recovery by ...
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Rolling back wages and cutting taxes a short-sighted approach to pandemic financial crisis
The Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation, a country-wide not-for-profit, made up of indiscriminate members, recently published their submission to the Government of ...
Social justice organizations and CUPE denounce Minister’s letter to the Energy and Utilities Board supporting Irving Oil’s fuel price hike
Social justice organizations and CUPE New Brunswick are reacting to news that Natural Resources and Energy Development Minister Mike Holland ...
Pandemic inequality: Premier Higgs attempts to squeeze money from unionized front-line public sector workers while billionaire wealth rises
During the pandemic, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is trying to squeeze income from front-line public sector workers while at ...
Higgs’s snap election makes voting harder for young and old, critics say
New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is coming under fire for calling a provincial election that could deprive both older and ...
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 ...
CUPE on Allardville lockout: “Never seen anything like this before”
Sandy Harding, CUPE Maritimes Regional Director, says the labour dispute at the rural landfill serving northeastern New Brunswick is highly ...
CUPE blocks scabs at landfill, garbage service disrupted in northern New Brunswick
Garbage trucks were lined up outside a landfill south of Bathurst after a lockout of CUPE workers left nobody inside ...
Nursing home workers occupy Social Development office to demand a return to negotiations
May Day brought a new look to the Department of Social Development office in Fredericton as nursing home workers staged ...
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