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 ...
Tag: COVID-19
Economic recovery through gender equality
Moncton - On the eve of International Women's Day, the New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity reflects on the work ...
Pandemic calls for new thinking, as Higgs’s address calls for sticking to course
Fredericton – The Common Front for Social Justice New Brunswick is pushing the Higgs government to rethink its priorities for ...
Caregivers cannot live on recognition alone
The New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity is denouncing the New Brunswick government’s refusal to claim over $59 million in ...
New Brunswick should be improving wages and working conditions
Acting Atlantic Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Renaud Brossard misses the mark in his pre-budget recommendations to the New ...
What if Canada Post was part of the post-COVID recovery?
On January 18, Canada Post Corporation (CPC) announced that 2020 was a record year for parcel delivery. Obviously, public health ...
Common Front opposes Irving Oil’s threat to raise heating costs for New Brunswickers
The Common Front for Social Justice New Brunswick opposes in the strongest terms Irving Oil’s pressure campaign to increase the ...
Rent hikes and stagnant incomes leave New Brunswickers without housing this COVID winter
Imagine the shock if we were to wake to an overnight 50 per cent increase in fuel prices, making it ...
Understanding the legacy of Joe Blades in the COVID-19 era
Editor's note: Joe Blades was a Fredericton-based poet, publisher and labour activist who passed away on April 22, 2020. Joe ...
“It affects us all one way or another”: Systemic racism in education panel
A panel titled “How can education systems in Atlantic Canada best respond to calls to combat systemic racism and to ...
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