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Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton. Photo contributed.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says Premier Blaine Higgs should set aside the issue of pensions in order to get CUPE workers back on the job. \u201cThe premier needs to go back to the negotiating table,\u201d says Mitton. \u201cThere are people across the province who are experiencing everything from an inconvenience to a hardship, because of the worker action that he has forced.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on behalf of the Green caucus, Mitton says, \u201cwe’re calling on the Premier to go back to the negotiating table, and to put aside the pension issue for a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higgs has said that \u201cfixing pensions is a requirement,\u201d to resolving the current dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has proposed to transform pensions for two CUPE locals to shared risk style pensions, where the costs and benefits can fluctuate according to how the plan performs investment-wise. The shared risk model would relieve the government of having to make up shortfalls in the pension plans. The plan would also mean that cost of living increases in benefits would be contingent on the performance of the pension fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to converting pensions for two locals, Higgs has offered to add educational assistants to the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higgs has long been a fan of the shared risk model, and transformed some public pensions back in 2013, when he was finance minister in David Alward\u2019s government. The changes were supported by some unions at the time, but also met with considerable opposition from pensioners who saw their benefits at risk of decreasing. CUPE wrote an open letter at the time, expressing concern the plan transferred all the risk to pension members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higgs argued last week that the pensions converted to shared risk back in 2013 have, \u201cworked really well. And they worked through the whole issue of this major pandemic, and they’re still strong,\u201d he told reporters Thursday. Critics have said that shared risk pensions are likely to work until they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitton says the government\u2019s current proposal only affects some workers. \u201cThis is not even all of the workers that are involved in this action right now,\u201d she says. \u201cThat is not urgent. That can be put aside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey were pretty close on wages when they were at the table last week,\u201d says Mitton, \u201cso I think they need to go back and negotiate, and bargain in good faith.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the government broke off negotiations, each party had made offers that were one percent apart, with CUPE offering 3% per year, and the government offering two percent. But after breaking off talks, Higgs withdrew that offer and reduced it to 1.7% per year, for a five year contract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Brunswick’s annual inflation rate so far in 2021 is 3.2% according to data from Statistics Canada<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitton says she visited picket lines in Sackville and heard from some workers who told her they didn\u2019t want to be there, but felt they had to draw a line. \u201cThey’ve been without contracts for years,\u201d says Mitton. \u201cThey haven’t seen a real wage increase in years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I’ve been hearing from constituents as well, overwhelmingly supportive of the workers, and calling on Higgs to end the strike, to go back to the table and work things out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greens have called for an emergency debate on the labour issue, but the speaker did not grant that on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health care, transportation, housing and climate change on Mitton’s agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mitton says that in addition to resolving the labour dispute, she has a long list of concerns to focus on during this legislative sitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’ve been waiting for the five year [health care reform] plan to be presented from Minister Shepherd,\u201d says Mitton. \u201cAnd I know that everyone in the community is really wondering what’s going to be in there, and how it will impact our riding of Memramcook-Tantramar and the Sackville Memorial Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitton says she\u2019ll be pressing for fixing issues with staff shortages at the Sackville hospital, \u201cto ensure it can be back at full capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s also hoping to address other rural issues, such as transportation options and housing affordability. \u201cOften,\u201d says Mitton, \u201chealth care, housing, transportation\u2013they’re looked at through an urban lens. We need to look at the rural lens. What is the government doing to make sure that rural people are not neglected as they have historically been.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitton says she has tabled petitions regarding road conditions in the riding, and wants to make sure that rural roads are not neglected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Green MLA also mentions climate change as a priority. \u201cWe need our government here to take bolder action to mitigate climate change,\u201d says Mitton, and calling for adaptation efforts. \u201cThe Chignecto Isthmus report\u2026 where is that?\u201d she asks. \u201cPeople are already being impacted, dealing with heatwaves, their wells running dry, farmers dealing with hay shortages and weird weather. There’s lots of impacts we’re already feeling and our government need to do a whole lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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