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MFL says employer safety records should be made public
On CBC Manitoba‘s morning radio show, MFL President Kevin Rebeck called for employer safety records to be made public. He said workers should be able to find out if their boss has been following safety rules. Parents should be able to find out if their kid’s workplace has a good safety record. He was commenting on
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2012 MFL Health and Safety Conference Announced
Registrations are now being accepted for the 2012 MFL Health and Safety Conference. This year’s conference will be held in Thompson on November 8 and 9. Buses have been arranged to transport attendees from Winnipeg to Thompson and back. The cost of the buses is included in the conference registration fee. Conference highlights include: A
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MFL joins business in seeking cash to fix crumbling infrastructure
The Winnipeg Free Press reports: “Organized labour is aligning itself with the province’s most powerful corporate movers and shakers to urge a reluctant provincial government to hike the PST in order to fix Manitoba’s crumbling roads and bridges. …” Read the whole story.
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Manitoba has Tough Workplace Safety Rules; Too bad they’re not being enforced
2012 Report Card on Workplace Safety and Health Manitoba failed to impose a single penalty for workplace safety violations even though 965 employers failed to comply with safety improvement orders last year, according to documents obtained through freedom of information by the Working Families Manitoba campaign. “Manitoba has some very strong workplace safety laws; it’s
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CP Workers Take to Picket Line Over Pensions
Nearly 5,000 members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference employed by CP Rail as engineers, conductors, yardmen and others walked off the job shortly after midnight on May 23 in a struggle for a fair collective agreement. Several hundred of them are based in Winnipeg. The first day of picketing was marred by two drivers