The New Brunswick Federation of Labour

Together for a Better New Brunswick

The labour movement is at a crossroads. We are facing unprecedented attacks on our rights to free collective bargaining, to fair wages and working condition. I look forward to working with trade unionists to push back against these attacks and to build a stronger and united labour movement.

Together we will make a difference!

Daniel Légère

President, New Brunswick Federation of Labour

News

Open Letter to Premier Higgs-Land Acknowledgments

Oct 20, 2021

Hon. Blaine Higgs Premier, Government of New Brunswick Chancery Place P.O. Box 6000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 (Open letter) October 20, 2021 Dear Premier Higgs, We [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of...

NB Surplus Achieved on the Backs of Workers

Oct 15, 2021

The pandemic continues to expose an ongoing workforce crisis in our province which has been affecting the public services available to New Brunswickers. Rather than address this challenge by improving wages and working conditions, the New Brunswick government has...

Phase I Consultation on Future of EI in Canada

Oct 12, 2021

Here is the Brief submitted by the New Brunswick Federation of Labour to Employment and Social Development Canada on Modernizing Employment Insurance in Canada. Phase I of this consultation focuses on making EI more accessible to workers in Canada.

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“Ensuring that our youth of today have an understanding of the importance of unions, is just one of the topics we cover at the NBFL Blair Doucet Youth Summer Camp every year. Helping build a strong, well informed future generation.”

Paula Doucet

President, New Brunswick Nurses Union

The New Brunswick Federation of Labour has the unique ability to unite all labour organizations under one common tent, unite common interests of each group and then use this information to be the voice for all workers in New Brunswick

Brien Watson

President, Canadian Union of Public Employees NB