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Federal Government Torpedoes Pension Expansion
Canada’s Finance Ministers met near Ottawa on Monday to discuss a proposal to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to provide better retirement benefiots for working Canadians. The plan, backed by most provinces, was rejected by the Federal Conservative government. The Manitoba government, which supports the expansion plan vowed to keep working towards expanding the
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Canada Post chooses cuts over better options
Canada Post’s decision to end door-to-door mail delivery and dramatically increase stamp prices is short-sighted and foolish. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is extremely alarmed at this rash decision to gut public postal service for millions of Canadians. “If this happens, it would be the end of an era for Canada Post,” said Denis
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Union Women Gather to Mourn Dead Sisters
The Manitoba Federation of Labour Women’s Committee held its annual Day of Remembrance Memorial Luncheon on Friday December 6th in the Union Centre Auditorium. December 6th is when women in the labour movement and their supporters, come together to remember and honour the women and girls who have died as a result of violence or
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Road worker safety law passed
On Wednesday, December 4, Bill 2, the proposed road worker safety law was passed by the Manitoba legislature. The bill enables the province’s plan to make road construction workplaces safer for workers. The new law, announced by Labour Minister Erna Braun on November 15, 2013, will enable regulations that: require clear signage that tells drivers entering
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Road worker safety law receives public hearing
On Tuesday, December 3, Bill 2, the proposed road worker safety law, went to a public hearing before the Manitoba Legislative Committee on Human Resources. Worker representatives and private citizens had their say about the province’s plan to make road construction workplaces safer for workers. Nearly everyone who appeared before the committee spoke in support