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Manitoba has Tough Workplace Safety Rules; Too bad they’re not being enforced
2012 Report Card on Workplace Safety and Health Manitoba failed to impose a single penalty for workplace safety violations even though 965 employers failed to comply with safety improvement orders last year, according to documents obtained through freedom of information by the Working Families Manitoba campaign. “Manitoba has some very strong workplace safety laws; it’s
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CP Workers Take to Picket Line Over Pensions
Nearly 5,000 members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference employed by CP Rail as engineers, conductors, yardmen and others walked off the job shortly after midnight on May 23 in a struggle for a fair collective agreement. Several hundred of them are based in Winnipeg. The first day of picketing was marred by two drivers
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MFL Lobbying Pays Off on Westray Law Enforcement
The Westray law enables criminal prosecutions of employers responsible for workplace deaths. Passed nine years ago, the law has been largely unenforced. Only six charges have been laid across Canada. There have been no charges in Manitoba. But thanks in part to lobbying by the MFL, that may be about to change. For the past
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MFL Makes Recommendations on Sunday Shopping
A submission has been provided by the MFL to the Province’s consultation on a proposed expansion of Sunday shopping. In it, the MFL summarizes it’s position by stating that it strongly believes the current compromise on Sunday shopping is reasonable and should be maintained. The brief is as follows: The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL)
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Honouring the 26 Workers Killed 20 Years Ago
May 9 marked the 20th anniversary of the Westray mine disaster that killed 26 workers in Nova Scotia. The public inquiry into the Westray story called the deaths “predictable” and concluded management, “starting with the Chief Executive Officer,” had failed in its responsibility to design and operate a safe mine. It recommended federal legislation “to