Workers in 3 New Brunswick CUPE locals vote in favour of a strike
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Hundreds of workers in the public sector in New Brunswick have voted to go on strike by the end of the month if the province doesn't meet their wage demands.
Court stenographers and staff at New Brunswick Community College and WorkSafeNB who are represented by CUPE all adopted strike mandates after votes concluded over the weekend.
"These members are sending a strong message, and it's foreshadowing what is to come," Steve Drost, the president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees for New Brunswick, said in a statement. "It is also a scathing review of the government's inability to recognize front-line workers."
"Front-line workers have endured so much with so little support, and it's clear that they are ready to strike if needed, so the government takes them seriously."
Drost said members have gone through decades of little or no wage increases while also suffering the impact of a recruitment and employee-retention crisis. These issues have to be addressed with fair wages, he said.
The results according to each local are:
The three locals represent 300 workers in all.
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