The Alward government signing an agreement with New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees, which represents technical inspection, laboratory and medical bargaining groups.
Human Resources Minister Troy Lifford saying the agreement includes the province's two-year wage freeze. Workers won't see increases for the next two years, then it will go up by one percent increments every six months over the next two years.
This affects 270 employees at Service New Brunswick, the departments of Public Safety, Health and Social Development, and laboratory technologists.
