WHAT WE DO

OUR STORY

Workers, particularly those in the seasonal sector, mobilized in 1992, 1994 and 1996 against cutbacks to the Unemployment Insurance Program. Throughout the province, new action committees were created each time to oppose the cuts.

After the 1996-1997 campaign, militants decided it was time to put in place a permanent organization. The Canadian Labour Congress and the New Brunswick Federation of Labour brought together some 75 individuals, both union and community activists, to a meeting in Fredericton on March 11, 1997, where they founded the New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice.

To read more about the history of the Common Front, consult our document 20 years of activism (1997-2017).

OUR MISSION

The New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice works for more justice, better social policies and greater solidarity within society.

OUR ROLE

1. SPOKESPERSON

• To intervene publicly on various issues affecting people living in poverty.

2. AWARENESS BUILDING

• To provide information to the public about the impacts of social and economic policies on people living in poverty.

• To do research on the state and consequences of issues that have an impact on low-income people.

• To organize popular consultations and forums to discuss solutions to poverty.

3. ACTIONS

• To lobby various levels of government for the adoption of social and economic policies which correspond to the true needs of the population.

• To support groups who adhere to the mission of the Common Front for Social Justice.

In the long term, we believe that our province must work toward the elimination of injustices which cause poverty.