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CORRECTION: Location of Fair Election Act Rally on April 29th
THIS CORRECTS LOCATION OF FAIR ELECTION ACT RALLY FROM LEGISLATURE TO CITY HALL The Manitoba Federation of Labour is supporting the Canadian Federation of Students Rally on April 29th at 6 pm in front of Winnipeg City Hall. It is a rally to oppose the Harper Conservative’s drive to make Canada a less democratic and advancing…
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Town Hall Meeting to Save Canada Post!
If your Winnipeg postal code begins with R2P or R2V, you’re about to lose Canada Post Home Delivery, to be replaced by banks of mail boxes sitting on a boulevard at the side of the road. If you have any Canadian Postal Code between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, you should be upset about…
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Labour Relations Act Amendments will Help Speed Up Decisions
Labour and Immigration Minister Erna Braun introduced amendments to the Labour Relations Act today that would set manadatory time frames for Labour Board hearings and decisions. The proposed legisltaion would require the board to set out a time frame for decisions following the conclusion of a hearing on complaints, applications or other referrals to the…
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Health accord’s expiry imperils health care
CUPE National President Paul Moist returns to his home town tonight to address a town hall meeting at the CanadInns Regent Avenue Casino at 7 pm. The topic is the threat to public health care posed by the Federal Conservatives “take it or leave it” stance on funding our health care system. CUPE, in partnership…
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Federal Tories not Interested in Medicare Funding Agreement
On March 31, 2014, the 2004 Canadian Health Accord expired. The Health Accord is a negotiated agreement between provincial and federal governments, which outlines the funding from the federal government to the provinces for health care spending. The current Federal Government has declined to negotiate a new agreement. Instead, they have chosen to impose their…