Solidarity for improving wages and New Brunswick communities
By working together, workers in New Brunswick have an opportunity to improve their wages and their spending in local communities, ...
Tag: 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 ...
Collective garden in Kouchibouguac Village provides fresh produce to people in need
In just two years, a Kent County community group has given more than 3,000 pounds of fresh garden vegetables, free ...
Homeless want to work [Video]
The stereotype of the homeless lacking ambition has been examined and found to be lacking, the National Alliance to End ...
Critics welcome N.B. payday loan regulations, but want more consumer protection
The New Brunswick government has surprised payday loan critics and the industry itself by proposing to limit the total cost ...
First you get housing
Still from a video produced for the Community Action Group on the Homelessness by Ian Miller. ...
Pay Equity Act still not enforced in NB after six years: pay equity coalition
Moncton - The New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity is calling on the provincial government to respect the Pay Equity ...
$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 ...
“All workers deserve a rest:” Migrant workers organizing in the Maritimes
Fredericton - Permanent residency, open work permits and access to essential services like health care were demands voiced by more ...
Common Front for Social Justice calls for action on poverty in Gallant’s upcoming budget
One in seven people in New Brunswick lives below the poverty line. The Common Front for Social Justice has wrote ...
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