On Wednesday, July 18, MFL President Kevin Rebeck participated in a federal/provincial consultation on a proposed new national infrastructure program scheduled to begin in 2014. The consultation was jointly hosted by the Honourable Steven Fletcher, federal Minister of State for Transport, and the Honourable Ron Lemieux, provincial Minister of Local Government. The consultation was designed…

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Manitoba’s Labour Department announced yesterday that a Manitoba employer has been fined $60,050 for a workplace injury that left a 44 year old man with three severed fingers. On March 10, 2010, a worker at Cadorath Plating Co. Ltd. in Winnipeg lost three fingers from his left hand when a punch press machine top plate activated and…

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In a thoughtful opinion piece published yesterday at IPolitics.ca former NDP Leader Ed Broadbent responds to the growing attack on workers and their unions: Right-wing commentators like to claim that unions undermine good economic performance. But respected organizations such as the OECD, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have shown this isn’t so. They have recognized…

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Today, former MFL President Darlene Dziewit will be inducted into the Order of Manitoba for her 40 years of service to working people. Sister Dziewit served as President of the MFL from 2004-2009 and has been active in virtually every aspect of the labour movement locally, provincially and nationally since 1970. She spent many years as an…

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The Province of Manitoba is now receiving input on how to improve the Workplace Safety and Health Act. Led by the Minister’s Advisory Council on Workplace Safety and Health, this consultation and review is required every 5 years by the Workplace Safety and Health Act.. The Province has indicated particular interest in receiving input on…

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