Daily grind for the working poor: One-third of workers earn less than $20 per hour, says report [video]
About one-third of workers in the Atlantic region are paid less than $20 per hour, leaving them in conditions of ...
Tag: minimum wage
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Budget fails to address poverty, says NB Common Front for Social Justice [video]
A New Brunswick anti-poverty organization says the provincial government's pre-election budget fails to address the cost-of-living crisis for people struggling ...
‘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 ...
Growing support to end New Brunswick’s punitive wage clawback for social assistance recipients
Support is growing for changes to a provincial policy that penalizes people who try to get off social assistance by ...
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 ...
Atlantic Premiers can improve economy by tackling poverty
As our Atlantic premiers meet this week in Charlottetown PEI, they have much talking to do. They must discuss poverty, ...
It’s time for a higher NB minimum wage
It is time for New Brunswick to increase its minimum wage. And contrary to the view of opponents, there are ...
Workers deserve better: NB discussing changes to minimum wage and employment standards
Those opposed to changes to employment standards in New Brunswick have recently made their voices heard in the media. They ...
$15/hour minimum wage campaign launches in NB
The NB Common Front for Social Justice, backed by over 35 community and labour organizations, is calling on the New ...
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