Minimum wage increases do not trigger job losses
Moncton - The main argument put forth by small and medium size business owners is that a higher minimum wage ...
Tag: poverty
Minimum wage increase delayed again
Minimum wage earners in New Brunswick have to wait again for an increase in their pay at a time when ...
Food prices jump 5.74% in the past year in New Brunswick
We are experiencing a sharp increase in food prices. In July 2010, the Common Front for Social Justice had surveyed ...
Alward government should honor its commitment to the working poor
“I thought that the working poor could take Premier Alward’s election promise to implement the recommendations from the Poverty Reduction ...
Common Front for Social Justice proposes changes to social assistance policies
The Common Front for Social Justice is fighting to build a more compassionate society, based on respect and dignity for ...
“Here for Canada?” Or the corporations?
The Conservative government won the election. They're “Here for Canada.” Yet another leader for the Canadian people states he's going ...
Budget cuts an ideological attack on women
The New Brunswick government announced this week that they will abolish the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of ...
From Fredericton to Halifax, our challenges are the same
Our public universities have been foundational to the construction of the Canada that we know today, a country that for ...
Common Front: stop the regressive tax reforms
Budgets are about making political decisions that will have a lasting effect on all citizens. The present government is going ...
Connecting the dots for youth with complex needs
Over 1,000 people wearing white t-shirts with a black dot on the front of them gathered at Wilmot Park in ...