In the election, Brian Pallister promised to protect front-line services and respect the people who deliver them. He’s publically acknowledged it, saying “it’s what we ran on and we will do as a government.” In January, the PC Minister of Finance, Cam Friesen, invited Manitoba’s public sector unions to begin meeting with government to find

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At a meeting on January 5th, the Minister of Finance and officials invited Manitoba’s public sector unions to participate in what was referred to as a Fiscal Working Group with a mandate to explore solutions to returning the province’s budget to balance. In the lead-up to the meeting, we put forward several questions to the

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Today Manitoba’s largest public sector unions and the Manitoba Federation of Labour met with the Minister of Finance, at his request.  The meeting was the first of what we expect to be several face-to-face meetings. We are hopeful that future meetings will include the Premier and all of Manitoba’s public sector unions. In the brief

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The Province of Manitoba released this good news bargaining update today: December 30, 2015 PROVINCE AND MGEU REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT A tentative agreement has been reached between the Manitoba government and the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU) for their main contract, Premier Selinger announced today. “More than 14,000 Manitoba civil servants provide invaluable

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The Canadian Labour Congress is celebrating today’s announcement that the federal government is banning the manufacture, import, export and use of asbestos. “We can all breathe easier,” said CLC president Hassan Yussuff. “This is good public health policy that will, without question, save lives for generations to come.” “Canada’s unions, along with survivors and health

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