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15 year old worker injured – Employer fined $48,000
Yesterday, the Province of Manitoba announced that a Carberry employer has been fined $48,050 for failing to live up to its workplace safety responsibilities. The fine stemmed from serious injuries sustained by a 15 year old worker on Sept. 18, 2010. The worker at ShellMark Farms in Carberry was injured on the job when he tried to…
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Provinces Selling Us Out in Canada-EU Free Trade Negotiations, Says Lawyer
The proposed Canada-WU trade deal (CETA) could seriously harm Canadian public services and environmental protections. The MFL and many unions are actively working to stop it. Now, Steven Shrybman, a well known international trade and public interest lawyer, is telling Huffington Post Canada: “The provinces are selling us out and they are not doing their homework.”…
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Manitoba Unions support Winnipeg Folk Festival
Manitoba Unions were proud sponsors of the very busy Family Area at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival this past weekend. The Family Area featured children’s music, crafts and games, helping to make the Festival a true family event for thousands of the more than 50,000 people in attendance over the 5 day event. For many…
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Motor Coach Workers Vote to Strike
CBC Manitoba reports: Nearly 500 Motor Coach Industries employees in Winnipeg have rejected a contract offer made by the company and voted Saturday in favour of a strike. They have another meeting with management Wednesday to try to reach an agreement. The last time Motor Coach workers went on strike was in 1986. Read the whole story.
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Winnipeg delays safety protections for bus drivers
On July 3, 2012, the Winnipeg Free Press reported: “Winnipeg Transit will take another three months to make tweaks to a report about improving safety for bus drivers. Council’s public works committee voted Tuesday afternoon to hold off on approving a report that recommended changiong camera angles on buses to better capture incidents of assaults…