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 ...
Tag: labour
St. Thomas University’s staff and administration union could strike
On January 7, workers in St. Thomas University's Staff and Administrative Union (STUSAU), organized under the Public Service Alliance of ...
Empowering communities from the bottom up: NB election was a referendum on shale gas
Shale gas protest march in Fredericton in November 2012. Photo by Stephanie Merrill. The September 2014 ...
Unacceptable reforms made to Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Program
Photo from Basics Community News Service. The recently announced reform of the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) ...
Give the gift of permanent status to migrant workers
Photo of a press conference by the Caregivers' Action Centre. Photo from the Caregivers' Action Centre. ...
Why a Fredericton first responder’s struggle with PTSD should alarm us
Fredericton - Jeff Mack, a firefighter for 26 years, says one call a decade ago in Fredericton left him with ...
“Reverse the cuts to EI Keith Ashfield!”: unions launch campaign targeted at Conservative MPs
Steve McCuaig, national president of Canada Employment and Immigration Union (seen here), told rally goers that ...
Workers picket Dieppe postal depot
Demonstration against cuts to the postal service at Dieppe postal plant on Oct. 16, 2014. Photo ...
Fredericton firefighters take brunt of Woodside’s spending decisions
Fredericton firefighters gather at City Hall in February wearing red t-shirts to denounce cuts to the ...
NB worst in region for jobs created per tree harvested
An article in the NB Naturalist, published July 1, 2014, highlights New Brunswick’s current unwise and uneconomic use of its ...