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The Mark Carney Liberal government has announced sweeping changes to Section 107 of Canada’s Labour Code to restrict the right of workers to strike as part of the omnibus Bill C-39 introduced on Sept. 21. Like many across the country, the New Brunswick Federation of Labour is appalled by these changes. If passed, Canada’s Minister of Labour will have the pow…
Temporary foreign workers are being dismissed from jobs in New Brunswick’s seafood industry after working for just a few weeks, with their employer blaming the layoffs on tariffs, but then hiring new workers almost immediately afterwards. That’s according to an advocate who provides migrant workers with legal support as they navigate the Canadian immigration…
The federal government has handed a $90,000 fine to Pêcheries LeBreton over insufficient efforts to prevent abusive workplace conditions for temporary foreign workers. The decision comes just three months after the Federal Court quashed a previous record-breaking sanction on the lobster processing company, which operates on the Acadian Peninsula. A spokesper…
POLICIES LEGALIZING the detainment and forced detoxification for people who use drugs are popping up across so-called Canada. Despite national pushback against such policies, they are gaining traction with provincial governments. It is well known that the risk of overdose and death increases following bouts of detox; mandated involuntary treatment only exace…
With a lacklustre community consultation, a survey involving leading questions and unclear wording, New Brunswick Liberal Premier Susan Holt is moving towards a drastic $35-$50 million cut to the post-secondary education budget while simultaneously providing $45 million in tariff relief funds to Irving Paper Ltd. In response, university students are organizi…
As the urgency to transition to low-carbon energy grows, Pabineau First Nation is emerging as a key player in Indigenous-led climate action and renewable energy development. The Mi’kmaq community in northern New Brunswick near Bathurst is demonstrating how renewable energy can support both climate goals and economic reconciliation. Renewable energy as a path…
When the metaphorical elbows come up, Americans won’t be the only ones taking blows from Canadian fists. That sentiment has recently been shared by Indigenous and public sector labour leaders alike as they responded to Prime Minister Carney’s Budget 2025. The budget seeks to address Canada’s current economic challenges and external threats by increasing capi…
The Department of Natural Resources has released a 20-page report meant to serve as a framework for a “comprehensive minerals strategy” in New Brunswick. The document was released Monday morning during a mining and petroleum industry conference in Fredericton. New Brunswick’s Liberal government has touted the mining sector as an engine of economic developmen…
Two public service unions representing more than 14,000 workers in New Brunswick signed collective agreements this week. The agreements cover workers in the NB Council of Hospital Unions and the NB Council of Nursing Home Unions, both of them part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. On Thursday, the provincial government announced the agreement with t…
Communiqué de presse Pour diffusion immédiate Consultations sur le projet de loi n° 84 sur l’intégration nationale – Plusieurs dizaines d’organisations expriment leurs vives inquiétudes Montréal, le 25 février 2025 – La Ligue des droits et libertés et 87 organisations de la société civile s’alarment des menaces que le projet de Loi sur l’intégration national…
Communiqué de presse Pour diffusion immédiate Mémoire présenté à l’Office de consultation publique de Montréal L’itinérance, d’abord une question de droits humains Montréal, le 18 février 2025 — La Ligue des droits et libertés (LDL) présente aujourd’hui son mémoire à l’Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) au sujet de la crise de l’itinérance qu…
The union representing Canada Post workers got the cold shoulder from the new Liberal government of Premier Susan Holt when it repeatedly offered to deliver social assistance cheques during the ongoing strike, according to a local union official. The union reached out to newly-appointed Minister of Social Development Cindy Miles and other government official…
“Settler colonialism is based on the theft and exploitation of lands and resources that belong to Indigenous people. History and current conflicts have shown that this ongoing system of oppression is mainly based on racism and white supremacy,” stated Viqar Husain, paraphrasing Cornell Law School’s definition of settler colonialism. Husain made the remarks a…
The union representing nursing home workers in New Brunswick says the provincial government plans to staff a nursing home in Sussex with higher-paid employees from Horizon Health Network. The health authority described its plan as a “temporary measure” meant to take pressure off hospitals by moving some seniors into vacant beds at the Kiwanis Nursing Home. B…
Editor’s note: NB Power has long been a buyer of Colombian coal. The coal is burned at the Belledune Generating Station. New Brunswick labour leaders and activists have engaged in solidarity with members of the coal miners’ union, Sintracarbón, mentioned in this article, and with Indigenous Wayúu and Afro-Colombian communities affected by the Glencore-owned …
S’il y a eu des avancées notables pour les droits des personnes trans et non binaires au Québec et au Canada, des reculs importants se font maintenant sentir tout comme des démonstrations de haine. Dans cette série de trois carnets, nous aborderons les enjeux entourant les droits des personnes trans et non binaires. Aux personnes 2ELGBTQIA+, particulièrement…
Since the brink of the genocide in Gaza in fall 2023, Fredericton has become home to six active Palestine solidarity groups. Collectively, these groups organize protests, fundraisers, and educational events about Palestine; talk with local politicians demanding that Canada abide by international law; and hold vigils for the martyred Palestinian people. As Is…
The number of people experiencing homelessness continues to increase in our community, caused by rapidly increasing housing costs. In the upcoming federal budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland must focus on housing and ending homelessness, with a particular emphasis on providing direct financial support to those at greatest risk of losing their home or …
Racism in Iqaluit is a historical and ongoing issue that comes in waves, crashing into the city with changes in economic circumstances. These waves are driven by newcomers, who take up more and more, while Inuit are forced to watch and experience the trauma that comes with new hierarchies of injustice. While not new, the dynamics are shifting as racialized w…
A dispute over pensions that prolonged the 2021 strike by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in New Brunswick is again causing a heated conflict between the public sector union and the Higgs government. Only two CUPE contracts, both for provincial education workers, have defined-benefit pension plans locked in. The CUPE 1253 contract covers 2,800 …