(WINNIPEG) Today the Partnership to Defend Public Services (PDPS), representing more than 110,000 Manitoba workers, filed a notice of motion for the injunction it is seeking against the so-called Public Services Sustainability Act, passed by the Pallister government. “The Pallister government’s law fundamentally undermines collective bargaining rights, which are protected under the Canadian Charter of
Nearly 100 people gathered at the steps of the Manitoba Legislature yesterday to call on the Pallister Government to take immediate steps to increase Manitoba’s minimum wage to $15-an-hour over the next three years at a rally organized by the Manitoba Federation of Labour and Make Poverty History Manitoba. “No one should work full-time and
Winnipeg Free Press As we head into the Labour Day long weekend, I encourage all Manitobans to take a moment and think about the importance of the labour movement and the benefits it has brought to working people in Manitoba and across our country. Unions enable working people to come together and help to build
Winnipeg Airport Strike Alert – distributed on behalf of PSAC: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 23, 2017 Winnipeg, MB – A strike will begin at the Winnipeg Airport Monday morning (July 24, 2017) at 3:00am, unless the employer tables an acceptable offer overnight. After seven days of negotiations with the assistance of a federally-appointed mediator
Today the Partnership to Defend Public Services, representing more than 110,000 Manitoba workers, filed for an injunction against the so-called Public Services Sustainability Act, recently passed by the Pallister government. “The Pallister government has passed a new law that fundamentally undermines collective bargaining rights. It’s unfair and it’s unconstitutional,” said Manitoba Federation of Labour President
