New Brunswick Union urges government to protect blood and plasma supply
For several years, the New Brunswick Union (NBU/NUPGE) has been sounding the alarm on the dangers of allowing for-profit plasma ...
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Majority of New Brunswick nursing home workers ratify new agreement
On Monday, July 6, the majority of the NB Council of Nursing Home Union (NBCNHU) members approved the tentative agreement ...
Public service cuts and unfair tax regimes will not solve New Brunswick’s economic challenges
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown up major public policy challenges that political classes in New Brunswick will have to deal ...
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Housing in the Time of Coronavirus [video]
COVID-19 has further exposed the precarious nature of housing for people in New Brunswick, across Canada and the world. Big ...
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Tertulia in the time of coronavirus: Lessons from AIDS activism for the coronavirus crisis [video]
Karen Pearlston and Jessi Taylor delivered a tertulia on lessons from AIDS activism for the coronavirus crisis on June 3. ...
Proposal to expand powers of province and peace officers to be amended next week
On Wednesday the Higgs government introduced Bill 49 to amend the Emergency Measures Act. The blowback was immediate and intense. ...
New Brunswick ends eviction ban despite risks to tenants
Today the New Brunswick government is lifting the ban on tenant evictions. A Fredericton lawyer and tenant is speaking against ...
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Toilet paper in a time of tax havens: New Brunswick politician calls J.D. Irving’s charity “spam,” tables motion to ban financial assistance to companies that use tax havens [updated]
Lisez la version française ici. On May 27, Kevin Arseneau, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kent North, tabled a ...
Will CUPE nursing home workers in New Brunswick accept the new tentative agreement?
Earlier this week, for the second time in two years, the union representing more than 4,100 nursing home workers in ...
Legislative changes required to support essential workers in New Brunswick
As we move through the COVID-19 pandemic, two issues have become obvious. First, to stop the spread of the COVID-19 ...
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