FOG BLOG NB LOG: NURSES PROTEST AT LEGISLATURE, SAINT JOHN AND THROUGHOUT PROVINCE TODAY:

Nurses protest at legislature, say working conditions have reached 'crisis'...New Brunswick patients are not getting the care they deserve, nurses say.....THEY ARE PICTURED HERE AT THE CORNER OF MANAWAGONISH RD AND CHURCH ST.......Dozens of nurses protested at the legislature in Fredericton on Friday afternoon to demand the province do more to address shortages and poor working conditions in hospitals.

The rally was organized by the New Brunswick Nurses Union as part of a national day of action that included events across the country. Rallies were also held in Saint John, Moncton and Bathurst, and in other parts of the province.

"Our work situation is in crisis and something needs to be done," said Paula Doucet, the president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union.

Last month about 6,000 health-care workers across two bargaining units rejected tentative contract agreements that had been reached between the province and the union.

Nurses and other healthcare workers represented by the union have been without a contract since Dec. 31, 2018.