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Town Hall Meetings hear concerns about Employment Insurance Cuts
About 150 workers came out to town hall meetings on Employment Insurance in Winnipeg and Brandon this week. The meetings, organized and hosted by CUPE Manitoba, provided information about Employment Insurance and other services available to unemployed Manitobans. The meetinsg also presented infomation about the Harper government’s cuts to Employment Insurance. Read the full story at…
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Reality Check – Conservative Lobbyist’s Poorly Researched Attack on Working Families
In this morning’s Winnipeg Free Press, conservative lobbyist Colin Craig wrote a poorly researched attack on working families. Here’s a reality check: Claim: There is a “huge pay gap” between government and private sector workers. The Reality: A recent study compared similar jobs in the private and public sectors and found: “Overall average pay levels…
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Paramedics Raise Safety Concerns from Extra Long Shifts
After a Tuesday accident, Manitoba paramedics are calling for mandatory rest periods after extra long shifts to protect the safety of paramedics, patients and the public. Around 6:45am Tuesday, an ambulance rolled into a ditch east of Neepawa on Highway 16. The paramedic who was driving had fallen asleep. There was no patient on board…
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BC Labour and Families of Workplace Tragedies Call for Tougher Approach on Negligent Employers
Yesterday, the families and representatives of victims of five tragic workplace incidents joined B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair for a meeting with Minister of Justice and Attorney General Shirley Bond and Minister of Labour Margaret MacDiarmid. During the meeting, the families and Sinclair outlined a 3 point plan for justice and accountability, as…
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CBC: Assaults on Bus Drivers Underreported
CBC Manitoba filed this story about assaults on Winnipeg bus drivers. Unfortunately, drivers are still waiting for the City of Winnipeg to take action to address this problem: Many attacks on transit drivers not reported: ex-driver Aug 27, 2012, CBC Manitoba A former Winnipeg Transit bus driver says drivers are under attack more often than what the…