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Supreme Court of Canada Backs Up PSAC Pay Equity Claim
It was a long time coming, but the Supreme Court of Canada has settled the 28 year long battle between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and Canada Post over gender discrimination against female employees at the post office. In 2005, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal agreed with the union that thousands of women who…
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Discrimination against Manitobans with Disabilities Swamps Human Rights Commission
A new analysis from Barrier Free Manitoba shows that 40 per cent of complaints to the Manitoba Human Rights Commission over the past decade have related to discrimination against Manitobans with disabilities. By far, disability discrimination is the number one type of human rights complaint in Manitoba. The new analysis can be viewed in this Barrier…
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A Who’s Been Naughty List
New web service lets Manitobans see which bosses have been penalized for violating workers’ rights. The Manitoba government has announced a new web page where workers can find out which employers have been penalized for violating workers’ rights under the Employment Standards Code. That code Code sets out the minimum standards and rights that employers…
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Many Groups Oppose Government’s Wheat Board Legislation
Hundreds of farmers, politicians, labour activists and others demonstrated in front of the Canadian Wheat Board’s (CWB) office in Winnipeg on October 28. They were protesting the Harper government’s legislation that would end the Board’s role as the sole seller of wheat and barley produced by Canadian farmers, a move that would destroy the Canadian…
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Help Stop CETA from Coming to Manitoba
The Council of Canadians, Winnipeg Chapter, is spearheading a local campaign to keep Manitoba out of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The final round of negotiations finished in mid-October in Ottawa, and there is a big push from proponents to get the agreement signed. Nationally, the focus is on Manitoba as the best…