No one should work full-time and live in poverty. But that is exactly what the Pallister government is forcing thousands of workers to do, by keeping our minimum wage as a poverty wage. Contrary to the myths, most minimum wage workers are adults, and the majority are women. Thousands of families are forced to make

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In introducing Bill 18: The Labour Relations Amendment Act, the Pallister Government is making the foolish decision to shut down a well-known and trusted service of mediation experts that has provided decades of advice to unions and employers when labour negotiations faced challenges.  When the Pallister Government asked if they should keep this trusted service, both

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Yesterday, the Pallister government introduced Bill 12. In introducing these proposed changes to the Workplace Safety and Health Act, they focused on the fact that the bill would double the maximum amount for penalties for offenses. But what they neglected to say was that they have consistently declined to apply the maximum penalties at their

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MFL President Kevin Rebeck had this to say in response to the Pallister government’s poverty reduction strategy: Today the Pallister government finally released its long-delayed poverty reduction plan. We are disappointed that there is no commitment to make Manitoba’s minimum wage a living wage at $15-an-hour. No one should work full-time and still have to

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The Manitoba Federation of Labour has launched a new social media campaign to raise awareness about the rights Manitoba workers have to take paid leave from work when experiencing domestic violence, MFL President Kevin Rebeck announced today.  “Domestic violence affects too many Manitobans, and we’re finding that many workers do not know that they have

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