Striking members of the, which represents federal employees, can be seen holding a picket line that blocks the road.
The NB Power truck approaches the picketers and the driver blares its horn. Some people jump out of the way, and a man can be seen standing in front of the vehicle, which nudges him forward.“He broke through the line and literally endangered some of our coworkers. They jumped out of the way and me, being the big dumb idiot I am, I jumped in front of the truck and said, ‘You’re not going nowhere,'” Jeffery said.
He noted that tensions have been high and that the base can be very busy, but added that the picketers were only blocking entrances for five minutes at a time. “We’ve had several people this morning bring us coffee and donuts that were members of different workforces in Oromocto or military members,” Jeffery said.