As published in the Winnipeg Free Press THE COVID-19 pandemic is having severe and unprecedented impacts on people, jobs and the economy. In the interest of public health, entire sectors of our economy have been closed or dramatically scaled-back, and we face the worst unemployment crisis since the Great Depression. In Manitoba, tens of thousands

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The Manitoba Fedration of Labour has learned that WCB COVID-19 claims by workers in Manitoba are being approved at an alarmingly low rate, with just six per cent of claims having been accepted so far (7 out of 123). The vast majority of claims related to COVID-19 have been submitted by health care workers. The MFL has been calling

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Today, MFL President Kevin Rebeck wrote to the Minister of Health, Seniors and Active Living to join in the call for the Government of Manitoba to extend health care coverage for those residents in Manitoba who are currently uninsured and do not meet the eligibility criteria for provincial health care coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic. As

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Statement on behalf of Kevin Rebeck, President of the Manitoba Federation of Labour: Many Manitobans are going to work to be there for us during the COVID-19 pandemic. From health care to grocery stores to public services, these Manitobans are putting themselves at greater risk to exposure to COVID-19 on the job.  We need to make sure

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(Winnipeg) – The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) is urging the Pallister government to immediately restore $500,000 in funding cuts to Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health to help the branch meet the increased demands of the COVID-19 pandemic, MFL President Kevin Rebeck announced today. “A pandemic is a bad time to cut workplace safety and

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