Last night, Brian Pallister’s Conservatives used a Manitoba legislative committee hearing to put forward legislative amendments that would roll back workplace safety rights in Bill 31, the Workplace Safety and Health Amendment Act. The Conservative amendments would have: reduced the number of workplaces required to have a Health and Safety Representative; given employers the right to…

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MURRAY JAMES CRADDOCK On Monday, September 2, 2013, surrounded by family, Murray passed away at the Gimli Community Health Centre, after a lengthy illness. Murray leaves his wife Lorraine Sigurdson, his sons Jason (Connie) and Adam (Jocylin), his precious grandchildren Kaleigh, Joseph, Emberlynn and Aaliyah. He is also mourned by his sister Joyce, brother Lloyd…

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Manitoba Federation of Labour President Kevin Rebeck delivered a strong message to a legislative committee this week in support of the Government’s anti-bullying bill. The Bill focuses on bullying and respect for human diversity in Manitoba schools. The amendment to the Public Schools Act recognizes that bullying can take a variety of forms, including cyber-bullying.…

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By Lynne Fernandez, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Back in February, 2013, CCPA-Mb put out a Fast Facts titled, Six Unions: One Voice, which chronicled the many problems faced by staff at the University of Manitoba campus . We explained how an intense process of corporatization was negatively affecting all manner of University employees, from tenured professors…

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WINNIPEG – Current safety rules in Manitoba are not strong enough to protect road workers, says the President of the Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL), in an open letter to the Minister of Family Services and Labour. “The recent court decision in the Brittany Murray tragedy shows that Manitoba safety rules need to be fixed,” said MFL…

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