News Releases
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Federal deficit will require progressive taxes to help pay for COVID-19 costs
Canadians for Tax Fairness are calling for new progressive taxes to help pay for the costs of responding to COVID-19. These taxes will enable Canada to manage the $343.2-billion deficit projected in the recent fiscal snapshot.Tax cuts mean the wealthiest…
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Improved public services needed, not more privatization
Meeting the needs of Canadians requires improved public services, not new forms of privatization. That’s the message from the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Task Force on New Forms of Privatization report, For the Public Good: The growing threat of privatization…
Monday, July 13, 2020
Mobility agreement continues for some members
The New Brunswick Union (NBU) and the provincial government have agreed on an extension of the mobility agreement for a select group of members.Members of the Resource Services component who have been sent to enforce the travel restrictions at our…
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Mobility agreement ends for most NBU members
The mobility agreement between New Brunswick Union (NBU) and the provincial government has ended for the majority of members in Parts I, II and IV.The agreement allowed some members to be shifted to other jobs in order to provide much…
Friday, July 3, 2020
Time is now to protect blood and plasma supply
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the norms we have operated in for decades, it has also presented us with an opportunity to use this time to reform some outdated and dangerous practices in our workplaces.Recent research conducted…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…