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Conservatives reverse position & stop blocking road worker safety law
On Monday, Manitoba Conservatives reversed their position and stopped blocking a proposed road worker safety law (Bill 2) from moving forward for debate in the legislature. If the Conservatives had blocked Bill 2 another day, the new rules could not be in place for the 2014 spring construction season. The Conservatives’ change of heart came
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MFL calls on Pallister Conservatives to stop blocking road worker safety law
The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) is worried that that a new law to protect road workers will not get passed in time for the new safety rules to be in place for the spring construction season. The concerns stem from the fact that the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives caucus has been blocking the road worker safety bill
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The Living Wage: an idea whose time has come
Minimum-wage workers are not just teenagers working at fast-food restaurants after school. According to the Manitoba Federation of Labour, 55 per cent of minimum wage earners in Manitoba are adults twenty years and older; 51 per cent of minimum-wage earners work for companies with 100 workers or more and 42 per cent work for companies
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OECD Backstops Arguments in Favour of Expanding CPP
The Organization For Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), usually a touchstone for right-wing economic policy wonks, has published a report that warns of the growing crisis facing Canada’s retirees and soon-to-be retirees; it prescribes a remedey that they won’t much like. Usually, retirement income is drawn from public pensions such as Old Age Security (OAS)
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Vale Inco Faces 10 Charges In 2011 Mine Fatality
Word today that Vale Canada faces 10 charges under the Manitoba Workplaces Safety and Health Act in connection with the 2011 death of Steelworker, 51 year old Greg Leason. Leason was working alone when his scoop-tram, an ore loading machine, fell down an ore chute to a lower level, killing the 23 year Inco employee,