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positions. CUPE, however, was seeking pay raises of 5% each year, arguing that some its members had been without a contract for five years, and many were having trouble making ends meet and had been forced to take second jobs and rely on food banks. CUPE also stated that New Brunswick public sector workers were the lowest paid across all Canadian provinces. That week, after the end of formal negotiations, CUPE announced that it would be balloting workers for approval for a strike mandate.
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In December 2020, Premier of New Brunswick Blaine Higgs proposed a new four-year collective bargaining agreement that would see a wage freeze for public sectors in year one, and wage increases of 1% in each of the following three years, stating that such measures were necessary because of the impact
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In mid-September, CUPE announced that it was delaying some of the local strike votes due to several hundred workers eligible to vote having been excluded from the list given to them by the government. CUPE also accused the government of having negotiated in bad faith during the summer months.
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On 3 September, negotiations between CUPE and the government broke down. The final government proposal included 1,25% raises each year for four years and then 2% in years five and six, as well as converting pensions to a shared-risk model and moving around 100 unions members into management
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called the vote to strike "a microcosm of something that’s going to be happening across the country," pointing to the fact that many unions in Canada had temporarily delayed collective bargaining negotiations throughout 2020 and 2021 to help the country focus on dealing with the
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On 6 October, CUPE announced that all 10 locals that had been in negotiations with the government, representing around 22 000 workers, had voted to strike, with an average vote of 94% of workers in favour of strike action.
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On 28 May, CUPE New Brunswick President Stephen Drost issued an ultimatum, calling for the government to come to an agreement with the union within 100 days, or the union would seek to launch a strike.
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was labour strike in the Canadian province of New Brunswick involving employees of the provincial government, represented by the
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On 28 August, over one hundred public sectors held a demonstrate in front of the
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Canadian Union of Public Employees
COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Tony Dean
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
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Organized labour portal
"Services publics: La grève est-elle inévitable?"
"CUPE N.B. Strike would bring early end to seasonal ferry service - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca"
"What could a CUPE New Brunswick strike look like in October?"
"CUPE marches on the N.B. Legislature as talks resume next week - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca"
"All CUPE locals in wage talks with province vote overwhelmingly to strike | CBC News"
"'Enough is enough'; CUPE N.B. Members prepare for strike votes this week"
"Premier disappointed as N.B. Public sector workers prepare for strike votes next week"
"CUPE delays strike votes, says province omitted names of eligible voters | CBC News"
"CUPE claims N.B. Government negotiated in bad faith in labour board complaint - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca"
"Public sector workers in N.B. Give union strike mandate, could walk off job next week"
"Is Canada facing a late-pandemic labour reckoning? Bitter New Brunswick dispute hints at what may be to come"
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1903 Consolidated Lake Superior riot
1912–1914 Vancouver Island Coal Miners' Strike
1914 Saint John street railway strike
1916 Hamilton machinists' strike
1918–1925 Labour Revolt
1918 Vancouver general strike
1919 Winnipeg general strike
1931 Estevan miners' strike
1933 Stratford general strike

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