New Brunswick teachers thank Canadian colleagues

Teachers in New Brunswick have been without a contract since 2021. With negotiations at an impasse, the New Brunswick Teachers’ Association (NBTA) has applied for conciliation. NBTA president Connie Keating issued the following letter to colleagues across Canada.

Dear colleagues,

New Brunswick teachers would like to thank you from the bottom of their hearts for the support expressed during the first week of festive after-school rallies! We appreciate you sharing images from the rallies and spreading our message on your social media. These messages help us share the concerns of teachers across the country.

In times when many provincially elected officials are not listening, your ears and your support mean a lot.

For more than five decades, the working relationships between the province’s teachers and successive governments has been conducted under the sign of good faith and the search for solutions. We find it disappointing that the current government is not following suit.

The Conservative government’s initial offers are leaving a bitter taste for teachers across New Brunswick. To highlight this unwillingness of our premier to seriously address the issues of inflation, recruitment and retention of qualified teachers, dozens of other rallies are being organized from one corner of the province to the next over the next few weeks.

We are counting on you to share the messages and images of what is going on with New Brunswick teachers on your social media.

Sincerely,

Connie Keating

NBTA president ❚