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Annual Labour Christmas Tree Delivers Fun, Warm Coats to kids
On December 5, the Manitoba Federation of Labour hosted more than 100 children from two inner city schools for the annual Labour Christmas Tree. The annual event provides kids with a fun party featuring live children’s entertainers, yummy treats, a visit from Santa and gifts. This year’s event invited children from Nijimahkwa School and Pinkham
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A Sober Second Look at Liquor Privatization
By Lynne Fernandez, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives A story in the Winnipeg Free Press’s The View from the West (Private Ontario liquor stores will benefit consumers) brings the issue of privatizing liquor sales to readers’ attention. Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives plan on privatizing retail liquor sales in Ontario should they take power, and the author is
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MFL Women’s Committee Sponsors December 6th Day of Remembrance Event
Since December 6th, 2011, eleven women have been killed in Manitoba. The Manitoba Federation of Labour Women’s Committee marked the 2012 December 6th Day of Remembrance with a lunch gathering at the Union Centre to mourn these women and all women who are victims of violence. December 6th marks the day when 14 women students
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Europe on privatization binge despite evidence showing no benefits
A news story from from Straight Goods News: A new privatization bonanza is underway in southern Europe, with Greece and Portugal leading the way. But recently published research shows the trend in recent years in Europe has been in the opposite direction as it becomes ever clearer that there are no benefits – except for the
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Manitoba announces new leave for parents coping with traumatic events involving children
Province of Manitoba news release: Manitoba has introduced legislative amendments that would create new job-protected work leaves for parents of critically ill children and children who have died or disappeared as a result of crime, Family Services and Labour Minister Jennifer Howard announced today. “I can imagine nothing more painful than losing a child. These changes