New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has ordered CUPE health-care workers in the province to return to work, under the province’s mandatory emergency order.
“We are issuing a mandatory order and ordering health care workers back to work. This is not a step we take lightly,” said Higgs during a news update on Friday afternoon. “The pandemic, coupled with the strike has put too much pressure on our hospitals, and the dedicated staff who are trying to keep them going. Immediate action has to be taken to ensure that we are able to keep New Brunswickers safe.”“We’re not questioning the validity of the legal strike.
Higgs says the province met with CUPE leaders for nine hours on Thursday and gave an offer that was “agreed to be acceptable.”
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