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Medical Claim Suppression – A fact of Life at WCB Manitoba
Organized Labour has been fighting against the suppression of legitimate WCB claims by employers for year’s now, with incremental success. But now there’s a variation we call “Medical Claim Suppression”, the denial of benefits to claimants by ignoring advice and directives from the injured workers’ family doctor and specialists the injured worker has been referred…
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Manitobans Want Services Protected: Probe Poll for MGEU
It turns a lot of people Manitoba are smarter than the average neo-conservative balanced-budget slave. They think hard won quality public services are worth keeping, even if it means putting off balancing the budget. Read more here in a Winnipeg Free Press story…
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NWAC launches their report -Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls: Literature Review and Key Informant Interviews
The Native Women’s Association of Canada’s (NWAC) has just released their comprehensive report on the trafficking of Aboriginal women and girls in Canada for sexual exploitation. The report is part of several reports that were funded by the Canadian Women’s Foundation, along with their National Task Force Report. To access all the reports, please go…
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Manitoba’s Municipal Election Day Draws Nigh!
Well look at that – Civic Election Day is less that three weeks out across the Province! Thanks to the dedicated volunteers who are active in the various Mayoralty, Councillor and School Board Trustee campaigns – some exciting possibilities exist for the election of progressive people to these important posts. It’s absolutely key that we…
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CLC Urges Union Members to Support October 4th Vigils For Missing Aboriginal Women
CLC President Hassan Yussuf has issued an urgent appeal to union members and working people across Canada to support and participate in vigils for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Sisters In Spirit (SIS), scheduled for October 4, 2014: Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Sisters In Spirit(SIS) Vigils, October 4, 2014 This year marks…