CUPE New Brunswick

Health care staff at odds with NB government over surgical masks
Fredericton – November 27, 2020 –  CUPE 1252, representing over 12,000 members in the New Brunswick healthcare system, is appalled by the reductions of personal protective equipment (PPE) allocation for healthcare staff. “From day one, the staff have all had access to level 3 surgical masks to provide a maximum layer of protection just below the N95. However, Horizon recently downgraded ... Read More

“Renewed and Reinvented Public Services” Promised in NB Throne Speech
Fredericton, November 17, 2020 – Today, Lt. Governor Brenda Murphy delivered Blaine Higgs’s first majority government Throne Speech. Government rightfully underlined workers and civil services’ diligent response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. “Government said they want to govern collaboratively and reinvent New Brunswick, and that is good. But I remind the Premier that if he wants to reinvent public services, public ... Read More

Follow the Ontario Example – NB Needs Standards of Care
Fredericton, Nov 4 2020 – CUPE NB is alarmed that Premier Higgs is refusing to cooperate with Ottawa to create national long-term care standards. On November 3rd, Brunswick News reported that Blaine Higgs rejected the Prime Minister’s call to establish national standards of care.  “I am concerned that our Premier does not want to fix our broken long-term care system. ... Read More