This week, Canada’s Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, the Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, announced a number of improvements to Canada’s Employment Insurance program at an announcement held in Winnipeg – program improvements include: eliminating barriers that prevented Canadians, especially youth and newcomers, from accessing EI; reducing the EI waiting period from two weeks to…

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Article from The Hill Times: Labour Minister claims Conservatives buried ‘significant’ union report in last Parliament, releases it By RACHEL AIELLO Published March 29, 2016 As part of her testimony at the Human Resources Committee about Bill C-4, MaryAnn Mihychuk released the report commissioned by her department under the previous government, which she argues it…

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News Release from CUPE Manitoba: Winnipeg – Midwives, represented by CUPE Local 2348, have voted in favour of a new collective agreement that helps to support midwifery services in Winnipeg. “After a difficult round of bargaining, we are pleased that we have reached an agreement that all parties deem fair,” said Sheree Capar, CUPE National…

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NEWS FROM UFCW 832 March 4, 2016 On Friday, March 4, the UFCW Local 832 members working at the Diageo plant in Gimli voted 98 per cent to reject the company’s final offer. On February 3 members voted 100 per cent to give the bargaining committee strike mandate if a fair deal could not be…

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A new study authored by statistician Richard Shillington for the Broadbent Institute finds that poverty rates are set to rise, unless action is taken immediately to improve retirement security, based on a comprehensive analysis of  the retirement savings of near-retirement Canadians ages 55 to 64 who do not have a workplace pension.  Click to view…

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