The New Brunswick Federation of Labour (NBFL) supports Mi’kmaq treaty rights. Our organization also condemns the illegal efforts of non-Indigenous fishers to sabotage the inherent rights of the Mi’kmaq people to hunt, fish and gather off of the coast of Nova Scotia....

On Sept 25, the NBFL submitted its recommendations to the Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour. Among other things, the NBFL recommended to increase the minimum wage $15/hour. The recommendations were submitted as part of the biennial review on...

Following the New Brunswick Nurses Union (NBNU) release of its research report The Forgotten Generation: An Urgent Call for Reform in New Brunswick’s Long-Term Care Sector, the New Brunswick Federation of Labour joins its voice in calling for a public inquiry into the...

The New Brunswick Federation of Labour is calling on all political parties to put people at the Centre of their election platforms. “It is unfortunate that the Higgs government recklessly chose to send New Brunswickers to the polls in the middle of a pandemic,” says...

Pat Riley is recognized by the New Brunswick Federation of Labour (NBFL), in collaboration with Argus Audiology, as the First Recipient of the Owen MacLennan Trade Unionist of the Year Award. Argus Audiology donated $1,000, in the name of Pat Riley, to the NBFL Blair...

This Labour Day, Canada’s unions are calling on all levels of government to focus on investments and community supports to help restart our economies. Learning from the health and economic chaos in the United States, Canada’s unions will be pushing for a Canadian plan...

The New Brunswick Federation of Labour questions the validity of a short “consultation” conducted on significant proposed changes to pension legislation in New Brunswick. The pension regulator, New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission (FCNB) proposed...

On June 4th, CBC reporter Robert Jones revealed how NB Premier Higgs lambasted New Brunswick workers, claiming they have “bad work ethics”. “While talking about the coming post-pandemic economic recovery, Premier Higgs made numerous comments basically saying workers...