How important are paid sick days?
Employer-paid sick leave is making headlines across Canada. The New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice recommends adding 10 job-protected ...
Tag: labour
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Bargaining Forward: Book co-published by CUPE, NB Media Co-op documents historic 2021 strike [video]
A new book co-published by the NB Media Co-op and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) vividly documents the ...
Front-page newspaper ads missed essential info about Higgs’s true 2022 record
The end of the year is a time for individuals and governments to take stock. On December 30, our Premier, ...
OPEN LETTER: Bill-23 and the attack on workers in New Brunswick
Dear Premier Higgs, I am writing to express Unifor’s concerns over Bill-23, An Act to Amend the Public Service Labour ...
‘Scab-friendly’ bill is Higgs’ latest attack on labour rights: unions, opposition MLAs
The latest attack on union rights in New Brunswick is raising red flags for union leaders and opposition MLAs. Bill 23, ...
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Poet, union activist and publisher: Community honours memory of Joe Blades [video]
The work of poet, union activist and publisher Joe Blades was commemorated recently. The gathering, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, ...
The two New Brunswicks: One for the rich, one for everyone else
There are two versions of New Brunswick. One is occupied by Premier Blaine Higgs and those in his orbit. The ...
‘People deserve a living wage’: Minimum wage increase not enough for decent quality of life, critics say
Audio report via CHMA 106. 9 FM: New Brunswick’s minimum wage went up by one dollar on Friday, ...
New Brunswick needs to start investing in workers
It is time that the minimum wage is raised to a livable wage and for all workers to have paid ...
An open letter to the Freedom Convoy: You are not revolutionaries
On January 6, 2021, just over 2,000 working-class Americans took to the United States Capitol to protest. Convinced that Donald ...
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