Labour: protect worker rights, not gig employers
The New Brunswick Federation of Labour and other provincial and territorial federations of labour and the Canadian Labour Congress find ...
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Salute to Jean-Claude Basque, Common Front organizer and activist for over twenty years
On behalf of the entire membership of the Common Front for Social Justice as well as the many workers and ...
Instead of thanks, we want action: Unions call on Higgs to invest in New Brunswick’s public services
Public sector unions are coming together in solidarity to urge the provincial government to lead New Brunswick’s economic recovery by ...
Pandemic inequality: Premier Higgs attempts to squeeze money from unionized front-line public sector workers while billionaire wealth rises
During the pandemic, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is trying to squeeze income from front-line public sector workers while at ...
Labour Day message from the New Brunswick Federation of Labour
This year, we cannot celebrate Labour Day the same way as we have done in the past. Typically, labour councils ...
Time for New Brunswick to enact anti-scab laws
The ongoing Lockout at the Red Pine landfill in Allardville is revealing just how much worker’s rights have been eroded ...
Will CUPE nursing home workers in New Brunswick accept the new tentative agreement?
Earlier this week, for the second time in two years, the union representing more than 4,100 nursing home workers in ...
COVID-19 call to action: Canada’s unions call for overhaul of long-term care system
OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is calling for major changes to Canada’s long-term care sector, including regulating long-term ...
New Brunswick debate on migrant workers leaves a lot to be desired
Stories on seasonal migrant workers have been making headlines since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a universal ...
“Migrant workers are not the risk”: Opposition to Higgs’ decision to close New Brunswick borders to new temporary foreign workers
Fredericton - Migrant justice and farmer organizations are speaking out against Premier Blaine Higgs’ April 28 announcement that New Brunswick ...