News Releases
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Pandemic Economics: She-Cession, She-covery and Future Growth
Earlier this month, economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Work Armine Yalnizyan spoke on a webinar hosted by the Canadian Association for Business Economics.The title of the presentation was Pandemic Economics: Thoughts on She-cession, She-covery and Future Growth.Below…
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Premier misses the mark again on CERB comments
With about three million Canadians still out of work during the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government recently announced the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) will continue for another eight weeks.The CERB provides those who lost their employment due to the…
Friday, June 12, 2020
We need to address precarious work in long-term care
While the COVID-19 pandemic has upended many of the norms we have operated in for decades, it has also presented us with an opportunity to use this time to reform some outdated and dangerous practices in our workplaces.Recent research conducted…
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
New Brunswick Union statement on Black Lives Matter
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Work standards must change as economy re-opens in wake of COVID-19: New report
Governments, employers and unions must all work urgently to address several critical weaknesses in Canada’s employment laws and policies to ensure the re-opening of the economy in the wake of COVID-19 can be safe and sustained.That’s the core message of…
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
NBU, NUPGE call for implementation of national pharmacare
Monday, June 1, 2020
Mobility agreement extended through June 30
The New Brunswick Union and the government of New Brunswick have agreed to extend the mobility agreement to June 30 for members in Parts I, II and IV.The agreement allows some members to be shifted to other jobs in order…
Thursday, May 28, 2020
New poll shows almost universal support for including long-term care under Canada Health Act
After three months of daily news about the COVID-19, we are seeing the major impact the pandemic is having, not only on people's lives and work, but also on how they see the country moving forward. Canadians clearly want to…
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Economist sees child care support as critical for economic recovery
“The issue of childcare is this generation’s medicare story, and we’ve got to get it done.”This was one of the statements from economist Armine Yalnizyan during a recent interview on CBC’s The Current radio show. The expert was discussing economic…
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Premier’s comments not helpful
Disappointed.This is the word Premier Blaine Higgs used in a press conference to describe how he felt about New Brunswickers who hadn’t applied for jobs in agriculture and fish processing plants.The statement is part of a pattern in which the…