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Large Turnout for Day of Remembrance Event
Nearly 200 community and labour activists turned out to mark the Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) December 6 Day of Mourning ceremony at the Union Centre in Winnipeg. The day marks the anniversary of the tragedy that occurred on that day in 1989 when a madman opened fire on students at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique, killing…
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Prairie Labour Groups Defend Wheat Board as Parliament Votes
The leading labour groups from the Prairie provinces on November 28 united in calling on the Harper government to abandon its illegal and undemocratic plan to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). “The Bill before Canada’s MPs right now has nothing to do about market freedom for farmers – it’s all about freedom for the…
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Supreme Court of Canada Backs Up PSAC Pay Equity Claim
It was a long time coming, but the Supreme Court of Canada has settled the 28 year long battle between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and Canada Post over gender discrimination against female employees at the post office. In 2005, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal agreed with the union that thousands of women who…
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Discrimination against Manitobans with Disabilities Swamps Human Rights Commission
A new analysis from Barrier Free Manitoba shows that 40 per cent of complaints to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission over the past decade have related to discrimination against Manitobans with disabilities. By far, disability discrimination is the number one type of human rights complaint in Manitoba. The new analysis can be viewed in this Barrier…
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A Who’s Been Naughty List
New web service lets Manitobans see which bosses have been penalized for violating workers’ rights. The Manitoba government has announced a new web page where workers can find out which employers have been penalized for violating workers’ rights under the Employment Standards Code. That code Code sets out the minimum standards and rights that employers…