UNB profs in strike position: interview with union president Miriam Jones

Education

UNB profs in strike position: interview with union president Miriam Jones

December 12, 2013

The University of New Brunswick (UNB) full time academic staff are in a strike position. They have been without a contract...

Labour

Max Haiven on universities, labour struggle and the commodification of education

by Asaf Rashid

December 12, 2013

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An image from occupywallst.org, calling for a global education strike in the fall of 2012 Max Haiven...

*Opinion*

Community residence workers want release of pay equity report

by Johanne Perron

December 11, 2013

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Fredericton - Workers, residential agencies and the NB Coalition for Pay Equity are asking the government to release the report on...

*Opinion*

Invest NB and CGI: business as usual, as usual

by Gary Heathcote

December 5, 2013

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Some CANADAEAST dailies recently (November 22) featured a front page story on “high end” jobs coming to Fredericton and Moncton. NB...

*Opinion*

More needs to be done to protect and acknowledge New Brunswick nurses

by Melissa Pryor

December 4, 2013

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Photo from the NB Nurses Union website. Nurses are among our most vulnerable public servants, potentially putting...

Economy

Harper’s EI changes: serving a long tradition of flooding the low wage market

by Asaf Rashid

November 16, 2013

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After the federal government introduced major changes and cuts to the Employment Insurance (EI) system last January, hundreds of protests followed,...

Labour

Job cuts in laundry services hint at larger privatization plan

by Asaf Rashid

November 4, 2013

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CUPE 1252 is denouncing the latest job losses and cuts in laundry services in New Brunswick's health...

Economy

Reducing poverty is fashionable where equality is unimaginable

by Tracy Glynn

September 30, 2013

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Fredericton - An anti-poverty group says the New Brunswick Alward government's poverty reduction plan will not alleviate poverty. The government renewed...