Three top public-sector union leaders are banned from the New Brunswick legislature and surrounding buildings and grounds over a noisy attempt to interrupt a vote by MLAs last December.
Councillors Brent Harris and Joanna Killen met with members of CUPE Local 486 to discuss their concerns amid the ongoing acrimonious strike, now in its fourth week.
Close to 3,500 employees represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees will have to wait longer to get back pay from the New Brunswick government.
FREDERICTON More than 20,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in New Brunswick officially ratified a contract deal Friday, following a 16-day strike that paralyzed the province's public school system.