CUPE New Brunswick

A permanent wage top-up is required in community care
– Earlier this week, Social Development Minister Bruce Fitch announced a 2-month (8 weeks) wage top-up for the community care workers who provide services to vulnerable residents and who earn less than $18 per hour. “The $3 dollar wage top-up will help folks like me pay for groceries and heating, but it should be made permanent,” said Laurie Anderson, President ... Read More

Inaction on housing and power costs has gone on for too long
January 12, 2022 -As a cold snap is hitting New Brunswick, residents learned the NB Government had just cut the New Brunswick Home Energy Assistance rebate program. “While far from enough, the rebate for low-income families was about the only help the provincial government provided to folks during winter,” said Steve Drost, President of CUPE NB. In times where the ... Read More

Education Workers Donate $35,000 to Hungry Schoolchildren
CUPE Local 2745 has donated $35,000 to food programs for the schoolchildren of New Brunswick. “As Educational support staff workers, we are very concerned by the high rates of child poverty in our province. That’s why we donated $5,000 to each of the seven school districts in New Brunswick for food programs,” said Theresa McAllister, President of CUPE Local 2745. ... Read More