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

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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

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Distributed on behalf of the CLC: Canada’s unions are celebrating the adoption of Bill C-4, legislation that repeals the former Conservative government’s controversial anti-union BillsC-377 and C-525. “Our affiliates and labour activists across the country have organized and campaigned against these bills from the beginning, and this is their victory to celebrate,” said CLC President

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On May 15, 2017, United Steelworkers Local 6166 President Les Ellsworth and Vice President Gord Medwid were called to a meeting by Vale Manitoba Operations Vice President Mark Scott and other senior management. At that meeting, the USW representatives were informed by Mark Scott that Birch Tree Mine would be put on care and maintenance

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Winnipeg Free Press – Nick Martin The NDP is raising fears the Pallister government could weaken protection for workers over air quality and exposure to toxic chemicals. Labour critic Tom Lindsey said Wednesday that Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister Cliff Cullen has ordered a review of workplace safety and health regulations by June 30. Flin

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