Atlantic Premiers can improve economy by tackling poverty
As our Atlantic premiers meet this week in Charlottetown PEI, they have much talking to do. They must discuss poverty, ...
Tag: minimum wage
It’s time for a higher NB minimum wage
It is time for New Brunswick to increase its minimum wage. And contrary to the view of opponents, there are ...
Workers deserve better: NB discussing changes to minimum wage and employment standards
Those opposed to changes to employment standards in New Brunswick have recently made their voices heard in the media. They ...
$15/hour minimum wage campaign launches in NB
The NB Common Front for Social Justice, backed by over 35 community and labour organizations, is calling on the New ...
$15/hour minimum wage campaign launches in NB
The NB Common Front for Social Justice, backed by 27 community and labour organizations, is calling on the New Brunswick ...
Reducing poverty is fashionable where equality is unimaginable
Fredericton - An anti-poverty group says the New Brunswick Alward government's poverty reduction plan will not alleviate poverty. The government ...
¡La lucha continua! Hot and Crusty workers’ fight is every New York worker’s fight
Update: On Oct. 25th, Day 55 of the picket, the Hot and Crusty workers signed a collective bargaining agreement with ...
Minimum wage increase delayed again
Minimum wage earners in New Brunswick have to wait again for an increase in their pay at a time when ...
Alward government should honor its commitment to the working poor
“I thought that the working poor could take Premier Alward’s election promise to implement the recommendations from the Poverty Reduction ...
The good, the bad and the ugly
The Common Front for Social Justice has released its assessment of where the province stands in its fight against poverty. ...
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