Tag: CUPE NB

Blaine Higgs utilise l’argent public (nos taxes et nos impôts) pour attaquer ses propres travailleurs. Le 10 septembre dernier, notre ...

Critical shortage of staff in Edmundston nursing home

by CUPE New Brunswick

Edmundston – The union representing workers at Les Résidences Jodin nursing home in Edmundston is sounding the alarm on the ...

What does a 20 per cent wage increase over four years look like if you are a CUPE member in New Brunswick? Answer: a bag of apples [video]

by CUPE New Brunswick

In 2021, many CUPE locals in New Brunswick, in their first round of centralized bargaining with the Higgs' government, put ...

More than 8,000 CUPE members in New Brunswick deadlocked with Higgs’ austerity government

CUPE NB strike voting to begin immediately after Labour Day

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the largest public sector union in New Brunswick, will begin province-wide strike voting ...

Sackville rallies to support front-line workers as ER closes for weekend due to nurse shortage

by Bruce Wark

About three dozen people, many waving yellow solidarity fists, gathered at Sackville Memorial Hospital on Saturday, August 28 before walking ...

CUPE New Brunswick central bargaining resumes next week

On Saturday, August 28, hundreds marched in demonstrations of solidarity with front-line workers in 14 communities across New Brunswick. The ...

Hope for a fair wage? CUPE New Brunswick agrees to central bargaining with government

With the clock ticking on CUPE New Brunswick's strike vote ultimatum to Premier Higgs, a recent agreement offers new hope ...

New Brunswick Day: five weeks until CUPE’s deadline for province-wide action

The provincial holiday on Monday marked five weeks until Labour Day, the deadline CUPE New Brunswick gave to Premier Higgs ...

CUPE: Premier Higgs forcing workers into a New Brunswick-wide strike vote after Labour Day