We are disgusted that every Progressive Conservative MLA has decided to hold up Bill 9: The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act, a bill that will ensure that sick and vulnerable workers have the job-protected leave required to access the federal EI sickness benefits that were expanded from 17 weeks to 27 weeks in 2022. Because…

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Equal Pay Coalition Manitoba calls on government to help close the gender pay gap. Winnipeg – Today is Equal Pay Day in Manitoba, a day that symbolizes how far into the next year the average woman must work in order to have earned as much as the average man did in the previous calendar year.…

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Statement by MFL President Kevin Rebeck in response to the Kinew government’s 2024/25 Budget:With their first budget, we are glad to see the new provincial government focus on building up our public services, particularly health care, after years of cuts and neglect under Brian Pallister and Heather Stefanson. The previous PC government left Manitoba’s public…

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Statement by MFL President Kevin Rebeck in response to the Kinew government’s 2024/25 Budget:With their first budget, we are glad to see the new provincial government focus on building up our public services, particularly health care, after years of cuts and neglect under Brian Pallister and Heather Stefanson. The previous PC government left Manitoba’s public…

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The MFL is proud to offer an annual $1,000 scholarship, the MFL Al and Alma Cerilli Young Activist Scholarship, to assist union activists who are pursuing post-secondary education. Applicants must belong to an MFL affiliated union local, be 35 years of age or younger, and be enrolled in a post-secondary program for 2024/25. The application…

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