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PIPSC and the Province of New Brunswick have agreed to sit down together this Spring to work to resolve the long-standing litigation regarding the changes to your pension.  In 2014, the former government imposed its vision for pensions by passing legislation converting the safe, reliable, and cost-effective defined benefits pension plan to a not-so-shared risk …

Today, the PIPSC New Brunswick Crown Counsel group signed its new Collective Agreement with the government of New Brunswick. This agreement will run retroactively from October of 2023 to September of 2028. This new agreement will give pay increases to New Brunswick Crown Council members that are in line with the principles of pay parity …

The NBCC Bargaining Team is pleased to announce the results of the ratification vote on our tentative agreement with the Employer. A majority of members voted to accept the tentative agreement.   The Bargaining Team will now collaborate with the Employer to ensure the timely implementation of the agreement’s terms.   We would like to express our …

Dear colleagues,   On July 8th, 2025, we held a hearing and side discussions with the members of the Conciliation Board.  We have not moved off our position of parity.  In conference, we were advised that the employer has not moved off its original wage offer.   We are now waiting for a report from the …

We’d like to notify you that a strike vote will be held between Friday, June 13, 2025, and Thursday, June 19, 2025. Why a Strike Vote? After bargaining efforts with the employer, we have not been able to reach a tentative agreement that meets the fair and reasonable expectations of our members. The key outstanding …

It was great to connect with many of you at our offices here in Fredericton. As President of the New Brunswick Crown Counsel Group, I believe it’s important for the membership to show our colours and it was great to have PIPSC President Sean O’Reilly join us. He was in town for meetings with members of …

Last week, the New Brunswick Crown Counsel Group participated in mediation with the Government of New Brunswick, aiming to address critical issues of pay and pay parity. Unfortunately, mediation was unsuccessful, marking yet another missed opportunity to find common ground with the employer. The Bargaining team is reassessing the situation and are preparing to file …

Public service workers of New Brunswick agreed to a fair deal on compensation that included a reliable, safe, and cost-effective defined benefits pension plan.  This was the deal, but then in 2014, the then government moved the goalposts – replacing your defined benefits pension plan with the not-so-shared risk pension plan. Since then, PIPSC and …

The bargaining team would like to announce that the tentative agreement has been approved and ratified by the membership. Changes to the collective agreement will not come into effect until the agreement is signed by the employer and the union. We will be keeping you up to date with details of these next steps, including when the …

A tentative agreement was signed with the New Brunswick Crown Counsel (NBCC), completing this round of negotiations. We again thank all the members of the NBCC Group for their support in getting to a deal! This agreement must now be ratified by the NBCC Group membership. An electronic vote will be held to ratify this …