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Friday, July 29, 2022
Celebrate Pride in NB in August
The New Brunswick Union (NBU) is proud to support and celebrate Pride during the month of August in New Brunswick for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two spirit and transgender people throughout the province.While June is recognized as Pride month in Canada,…
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Higgs excuses on healthcare don’t add up
"We know hospital occupancy has always been a problem. We've had that before COVID. But are people being released [in] an appropriate [amount of] time? Do we have a flow through the system as needed, so we keep people moving…
Friday, July 22, 2022
Voices of workers, community must be heard
The voices of New Brunswick’s health care workers and community organizations must be heard on any changes to the health care system.Recently, Premier Blaine Higgs announced major anti-democratic reforms to the structure of New Brunswick’s health care system by moving the health…
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Economist suggests ways to help cool down inflation
In a recent Substack newsletter, economist Armine Yalnizyan – an Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers – examines inflation and ways the federal government can help Canadians.While inflation is a worldwide phenomenon brought on, in part, by the COVID-19…
Monday, July 4, 2022
Al Mullin scholarship awarded to Sydney Murray
Thursday, June 30, 2022
NBU message for Canada Day
Throughout the pandemic many people have sought to divide Canadians through misinformation, hatred and outright lies for their own personal gain.Be it financially or politically motivated, it has worked. The political conversation in the country at all levels has become…
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Contract officially signed
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Guarantees don’t mean much with current government
“And I can guarantee you, right here today, that the small percentage of landlords who are trying to find loopholes to circumvent this system are not going to be successful.”This was the statement from Service New Brunswick Minister Mary Wilson…
Monday, June 13, 2022
Resource Services contract signed
The new collective agreement for the Resource Services component has officially been signed and is available on the New Brunswick Union website by clicking here.Several government ministers needed to sign the agreement, so we worked with government to make May…
Friday, June 10, 2022