July 16, 2010The Right Honourable Stephen HarperPrime Minister of Canada80 Wellington StreetOttawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 Sent by e-mail: harper.s@parl.gc.ca Dear Prime Minister Harper: When your government took steps to ameliorate the worst impacts of the economic crisis on unemployed workers and their families through budgetary action and the establishment of special Employment Insurance programs, the organized…

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The Manitoba Federation of Labour Executive Council May 2010 meeting was held in Dauphin on May 27 and 28. Each year, the MFL Executive meets at a location outside of Winnipeg for one of its four annual meetings. At the May meeting, Kelly Moist (facing camera in photo on left) – a new representative for…

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More than 150 Manitoba Federation of Labour affiliated delegates and facilitators participated in the 29th Annual MFL Health and Safety Conference in Winnipeg. They spent two days focusing on this year’s theme, ‘Health and Safety – In the Path of Change.’ The global economy and the series of crises that have plagued it since 2008, have changed…

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April 28th of Each Year is the Day of Mourning, a day set aside by the labour movement and the Government of Canada to honour workers who have killed, injured or sickened in the workplace. It is a day of mourning across Canada and in many other countries of the world as well. The ongoing…

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The Stanley Knowles Solidarity Award is presented at each Convention of the Manitoba New Democratic Party to a trade unionist who has shown a deep commitment to working people and the achievement of social justice through recognized contributions to the union movement and the Manitoba New Democratic Party. Stanley Knowles epitomized the special relationship between…

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