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MFL: Proud sponsor of Aboriginal Day Live
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 MFL News The Manitoba Federation of Labour is proud to sponsor and support APTN Aboriginal Day Live. National Aboriginal Day and APTN Aboriginal Day Live are a chance for all Canadians to celebrate the accomplishments, history and culture of Indigenous people across Canada. Celebrations take place Saturday June 25, 2016 at
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Canadian unions celebrate announcement of universal CPP expansion
Canadian Labour CongressMonday, June 20, 2016 VANCOUVER – The Canadian Labour Congress is celebrating today’s announcement by the Finance Ministers that they have agreed to a modest universal expansion of the CPP. The CLC and its member unions have supported an expanded CPP for more than 50 years and have been actively campaigning on this
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PC government legislation to make joining a union even more difficult
MFL President Kevin Rebeck responded today to Bill 7, the PC government’s proposed changes to the Labour Relations Act, which makes unionizing workplaces more difficult. “For years, Manitoba has avoided major labour disruptions. Brian Pallister’s changes to union certification rules are fixing a problem that just doesn’t exist and only makes it harder for everyday
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Manitoba PCs first budget
Premier Pallister and Manitoba’s recently elected PC government delivered their first budget today. The government committed to balancing the provincial budget over the next 8 years and appears to have avoided a long list of cuts to services. But the budget falls short for many Manitobans with no increases to the minimum wage, nothing to
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Trudeau commitment to introduce asbestos ban a positive sign
This week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a meeting of Canada’s Building Trade Unions that the government of Canada is working on an asbestos ban. Canada’s last asbestos producing mine closed in 2012, yet Canada’s imports of asbestos have continued to rise. That’s why the Canadian Labour Congress has called for a ban on the