“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 ...
Tag: poverty
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 ...
$15/hour minimum wage campaign launches in NB
The NB Common Front for Social Justice, backed by 27 community and labour organizations, is calling on the New Brunswick ...
Self-representation more costly to taxpayer than cost of Legal Aid lawyer
Given a choice, most persons accused of a crime would prefer a lawyer represent them in court. But not everyone ...
Friends of Charles LeBlanc denounce rejection of legal aid
A group called Friends of Justice has started a defence fund to help well known Fredericton blogger Charles LeBlanc afford ...
Killing with kindness? Fredericton’s response to panhandling
Downtown Fredericton Inc., in partnership with the City of Fredericton, has recently installed new “kindness meters" in the downtown area ...
Adamsville residents seeking justice for senior stripped of land, property and threatened with deportation
Wilhelmina Nolan (right) and John Harmon (left) will be in Federal Court in Moncton June 4 ...
Spatial inequality: North End, Saint John
Saint John. Photo by Peter Johnston. Planning perils Scott Crawford, community developer with the ONE (Old ...
Common Front assesses status of NB women for International Women’s Day
Moncton – According to Wendy Johnston, "On the whole, we can say that the situation of women in New Brunswick ...
4,000 kilometre commute: how the struggle for a living wage gave rise to Canada’s own temporary migrant workers
Mark English draws out every sip of coffee, savouring the last few hours at home before a six-hour commute to ...
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