Labour
CUPE gives Higgs 100 days to settle on fair wages: losing money every year must stop
CUPE members are losing money every year because their wages do not keep up with the rising cost of living....
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More than 8,000 CUPE members in New Brunswick deadlocked with Higgs’ austerity government
More than 8,000 members of five CUPE locals in New Brunswick are now deadlocked in contract negotiations with the Higgs...
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June 1992: General Strike in New Brunswick
A general strike? Here? In New Brunswick? It happened, or at least a version of a general strike happened, back...
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Common Front visits MLAs to demand action on the wage clawback affecting social assistance recipients
On May 3, members of the Common Front for Social Justice delivered letters to half of New Brunswick's Members of...
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International May Day event to feature partner of jailed Carleton PhD student Cihan Erdal
In April, Carleton University PhD student Cihan Erdal was denied bail in Turkey, where he was jailed in September 2020...
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International Workers’ Day: workers need proper supports
Every year, on May 1st, workers around the world honour and are inspired by the activism and the collective power...
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University of New Brunswick history professors want alternatives to cutting programs at Laurentian University
Editor's note: The following letter was sent to Minister of Colleges and Universities Ross Romano from faculty members of the...
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CUPE NB resolves to protect workers from contract flipping
St. Thomas University recently "flipped" its contract for custodial services, leaving the workers without a union and collective agreement to...
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St. Thomas University custodians lose union due to contract flipping
Many employers in New Brunswick, including universities, use anti-labour and anti-union techniques as a management strategy. One tactic is “contract...
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“It’s got to stop”: Firefighters call for an end to bullying, harassment and favouritism in Sackville Fire & Rescue
Firefighters say it’s time for Sackville’s fire chief, the town CAO, and members of town council to end the persistent...
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