On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the injunction request filed by the Partnership to Defend Public Services against the Pallister government’s wage freeze legislation (The Public Services Sustainability Act) was heard in court.  PDPS lawyers Garth Smorang and Shannon Carson of Myers LLP made the case that the legislation is causing irreparable harm to the

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April 29, 2018 On Sunday, April 29, the UFCW Local 832 members working at Aryzta finished ratification meetings that took place over the weekend and voted 60 percent to reject the company’s final offer and go on strike. Workers will begin walking the picket line effective 8 a.m., Monday, April 30. Workers at Aryzta need

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(WINNIPEG) Manitoba will soon have a permanent monument to honour the memory of workers who have died on the job, announced Manitoba Federation of Labour President Kevin Rebeck at an official groundbreaking in Memorial Park today.   “Today we break ground to have a monument for the families, co-workers and friends of workers who lost their

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Originally published in the Winnipeg Free Press  No one should work full time and have to live in poverty. But, that is exactly what is happening to thousands of Manitoba workers because our minimum wage is a poverty wage. Having a job and working full time should be a path out of poverty, not a poverty

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At a time when Manitoba’s economy is slowing down, the Pallister government’s budget is a missed opportunity to protect services and create jobs for families in our province. Budget 2018 includes no jobs plan. In fact, it cuts jobs by slashing funding for highways and other infrastructure projects. Pallister’s new budget also cuts post-secondary education and training,

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