Statement by MFL President Kevin Rebeck about the need for workers exposed to COVID-19 on the job to be covered under Workers Compensation immediately: With the growing number of cases of COVID-19 in our province, the Manitoba Federation of Labour has written to the Minister of Finance to highlight the urgent need to put a plan

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Statement by MFL President Kevin Rebeck on the need for the Government of Manitoba to immediately implement 14 days of paid job-protected leave for all Manitoba workers: Throughout our province, workers are increasingly being asked to stay home while we all confront the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools and post-secondary institutions are closed or closing, child-care centres

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Statement by MFL President Kevin Rebeck on the Provincial Government Budget We realize that this budget was originally meant to be introduced last week, but our province and economy have changed dramatically since then.  We need an emergency economic action plan that meets our new realities: large numbers of workers experiencing reduced shifts and layoffs,

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President Kevin Rebeck has written this letter to the Premier of Manitoba calling for the Government of Manitoba to immediately implement 14 days of job-protected leave for all Manitoba workers, to help them if they need to self-isolate or care for a loved one due to COVID-19.

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Dear Sisters, Brothers and Friends, I know many were surprised by the procedural delays in the legislature yesterday by the Manitoba NDP. To be clear, we are glad to see that one party in the Legislature is interested in fighting legislation that will be bad for working people in our province. Our understanding is that

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