Time to take care of the workers who take care of us: Social work student to Premier Higgs
Dear Premier Blaine Higgs, I am a social work student at St. Thomas University. Before I started graduate school back ...
Tag: COVID-19
24-hour picket by workers locked-out in Northern New Brunswick
A 24-hour picket by union members ends this morning outside the Red Pine solid waste landfill in Allardville south of ...
COVID-19 call to action: Canada’s unions call for overhaul of long-term care system
OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is calling for major changes to Canada’s long-term care sector, including regulating long-term ...
After COVID-19: Rebuilding the economy
Moncton — As we gradually start returning to a new normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to think about ...
Migrant workers deserve protection and respect, not scapegoating
Last week, Premier Blaine Higgs announced that New Brunswick would no longer accept migrant workers in the province. In making ...
#justiceforBradyFrancis: “we can — and must — do better”
COVID-19 has brought certain criminal justice system inequities to the forefront. Advocates across Canada, have demanded, for example, the release ...
COVID-19: A wake-up call for food security/sovereignty in New Brunswick
The COVID-19 pandemic should be a wakeup call for governments to address the importance of self-sufficiency and community resilience in ...
New Brunswick debate on migrant workers leaves a lot to be desired
Stories on seasonal migrant workers have been making headlines since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a universal ...
Under COVID-19, New Brunswick has the only CUPE lockout in Canada
A group of 23 workers locked-out of their workplace in the rural Chaleur region of northeastern New Brunswick is in ...
Time to value care of older adults in New Brunswick: future social worker
Dear Premier Blaine Higgs, As a future social worker, I am writing to you today to ask that you reconsider ...
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