OUR CAMPAIGNS

● Increase the minimum wage (currently, $14.75) to a living wage ($20 per hour across the province).

● Add 10 employer-paid sick days to the Employment Standards Act.

● Increase and simplify access to overtime pay.

● Compensate workers for the costs of mandatory work clothing and equipment.

● Raise the social assistance rates immediately, of all categories, to the poverty line and adjust them accordingly every following year. In 2022, New Brunswick had the lowest social assistance rates across all Canadian provinces.

● Create a revised application and eligibility process for the Extended Benefits Program.

● Abolish the Household Income Policy.

● Demand that all government websites, including social assistance, be accessible for persons with various disabilities.

● Improve access to and ability to secure tools to make remaining at home simpler and easier, as well as easy access to appropriate hours of homecare.

One of the Common Front’s areas of focus since its inception has been the federal Employment Insurance (EI) program. We will continue to monitor, intervene when necessary and support groups advocating for a more accessible EI program, including for women and seasonal workers.

Invest In A Stronger And More Prosperous New Brunswick, Pre-budget consultation (February 2024)

Paid Sick Days: A Benefit for All (joint brief Common Front-CUPE NB for the paid sick leave consultations) (December 2023)

Human Rights Day (December 10, 2023)

Policy Document: A New Brunswick Without Poverty (September 2023)

Demands for Social Assistance Reform in New Brunswick (September, 2023)

Invest in People For a More Prosperous New Brunswick, Pre-budget consultation (February 2023)

NB Power 2023-2024 rates increase (February 2023)

Government of New Brunswick Minimum Wage Review (October 2022)

Pay equity: We support actions and campaigns of the Coalition for Pay Equity, such as pay equity legislation in the private sector, pay equity for the community care sector and pay transparency legislation.

Health care: We participate and support actions and campaigns of the New Brunswick Health Coalition and other actions to support public sector healthcare workers. We support organizations fighting for comprehensive public healthcare, including access to abortion and reproductive justice in New Brunswick.

Housing and tenants rights: We support actions and campaigns of the two provincial housing and tenants rights organizations, the New Brunswick Tenants Rights Coalition and NB ACORN. We support increasing social housing units, non-profit organizations and the co-operative sector that focus on the construction of affordable housing and permanent rent control.

Public Services: The Common Front will continue to advocate for an expansion of public services, especially for people living in poverty, and support public sector workers.

Child care: We will continue to send a representative to Child Care Now New Brunswick meetings.

We also participate and support labour union actions and events. We thank them for their financial support and their allyship.