New Brunswick Nursing Home Workers

• Addressing working conditions top priority as new agreement ratified: Nursing home union

  As part of the agreement a committee is being struck to address working conditions in nursing homes.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2020
  
• New Brunwick nursing home workers vote to approve new contract

  Forty-five of the 51 local unions voted to accept the agreement. Six voted to reject the deal.

  Health

  Jul 6, 2020
  
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• Voting on final contract for New Brunswick nursing home workers stopped

  Only three homes have had their votes counted, with each voting decidedly against the government offer.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2019
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• N.B. Court of Appeal upholds nursing home workers’ right to strike

  In a statement issued on Tuesday, Premier Blaine Higgs said he was "disappointed by the decision" and that his government is "prepared to appeal this to the Supreme Court, if necessary to do so." 

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2019
• Demonstration by nursing home workers dominates re-opening of N.B. legislature

  The labour dispute between the provinces unionized nursing home workers continues, as both sides are expected back at the bargaining table Thursday.

  Politics

  May 7, 2019
• New Brunswick nursing home workers protest turns physical

  A scuffle broke out as supporters attempted to pass food through to the protestors inside.

  Politics

  May 2, 2019
• N.B. nursing home protesters crash Progressive Conservative meeting in Blaine Higgs’ home riding

  More than 200 demonstrators turned up to voice their frustration with the ongoing dispute between the province and thousands of nursing home workers.

  Politics

  Apr 2, 2019
• New Brunswick nursing home workers face continued uncertainty amid flurry of court activity

  The most recent ruling ensures that there will be no strike action from the more than 4,100 nursing home workers in the province until at least Thursday.

  Health

  Mar 18, 2019
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• ‘We can just hope and pray’: Families caught in crosshairs of N.B. nursing home workers dispute

  Members of the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes and CUPE were back at the bargaining table Monday, but there is still no deal in place.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2019