The provincial government is ensuring that seasonal agricultural workers participating in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program have provincial health coverage while working in Manitoba, Immigration and Multiculturalism Christine Melnick announced today. “Our government recognizes the hard and physically demanding work done by seasonal agricultural workers and we have heard the challenges they have faced with

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The Manitoba Federation of Labour will hold two free information sessions about the big changes under way for workplace safety and health in Manitoba. Following the most comprehensive consultations ever held on workplace safety and health in Manitoba, Labour Minister Jennifer Howard recently announced a new Five-year Plan for Workplace Injury and Illness Prevention. The plan

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Today, the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union launched a wide-spread campaign to get Manitobans talking about both the value, and values, of the province’s public services. The message is simple: It’s time to talk about the elephant in the room – those providing public services in our province can’t keep delivering more with less. “When our

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On May 3, 2013 the Stephen Lewis Foundation kicked off its 15-day Solidarity Tour to put the AIDS pandemic in Africa back on the Canadian agenda and highlight the courageous and innovative responses from the frontlines in sub-Saharan Africa. The tour goes from Winnipeg to Windsor, Ontario visiting eight communities for public events and meetings. In the last 30

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On Monday, May 6, members of the MFL Health and Safety Committee joined organizers of Manitoba’s National Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week at the Manitoba Legislature to witness a statement about NAOSH week by NDP MLA Dave Gaudreau. Although procedural obstruction tactics by  the Conservative opposition prevented the delegation from witnessing Gaudreau’s statement, the

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