New Brunswick Strike

• New Brunswick public sector workers ratify five-year contract after 16-day strike

  Union leaders with CUPE confirmed that 10 of the 11 locals that voted in favour of a strike have accepted a tentative deal reached last Saturday.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2021
  
• N.B. education minister says few problems as public schools in province reopen

  Schools had moved to online learning after bus drivers, custodians and educational assistants were among thousands of public sector workers who had walked off the job.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2021
  
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• Workers at New Brunswick liquor agency vote to strike Nov. 16 if deal not reached

  The union members work at 41 publicly owned and run retail outlets and warehouses.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2021
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• N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs says ‘likely in for a long haul’ on public sector strike

  The premier says the two locals' pension plans are underfunded and unsustainable.

  Politics

  Nov 8, 2021
• N.B. health-care workers turned away after back-to-work order: union

  President of CUPE Local 1252 Norma Robinson says the back-to-work order seems to have caused "chaos" within the health-care system.

  Politics

  Nov 6, 2021
• Thousands of protesters gather at N.B. legislature to support striking public workers

  Roughly 22,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees have been on strike since last Friday, demanding higher wages.

  Politics

  Nov 2, 2021
• New Brunswick government cancels throne speech to resume session amid strike

  The New Brunswick government has cancelled Tuesday's planned throne speech and instead will resume the session of the legislature that was held in the spring.

  Canada

  Nov 1, 2021