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Jonny Sopotiuk MFL Scholarship Winner
The Manitoba Federation of Labour Young Members Committee selected Jonny Sopotiuk (read his blog) as the recipient of the 2011/12 Al Cerilli MFL Scholarship award. This $500 scholarship will assist Brother Sopotiuk in his pursuit of a degree in Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba. Jonny Sopotiuk (pictured receiving his scholarship cheque from MFL…
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Union Leaders Call On Premiers to Condemn Harper’s “Shocking Betrayal On Pension Reform”
The leaders of Canada’s provincial and territorial Federations of Labour on July 21 called on the premiers to use their annual meeting, which was underway in Vancouver at the time, as a platform to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s “shocking abandonment of the kind of real pension reform that Canadians want and desperately need.” The…
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Ed Blackman Deceased – Labour Movement Mourns
Long-time CUPE Local 500 President Ed Blackman passed away on Tuesday, July 12, in St. Boniface General Hospital. Brother Blackman led the Winnipeg civic service union for 17 years before retiring in 1993. MFL President Kevin Rebeck, a former CUPE Manitoba President, said, “Ed was a role model for an entire generation of union leaders…
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Unions Support the Winnipeg Folk Festival
Every year, thousands of working families who, through their unions, are affiliated with the Manitoba Federation of Labour are able to use the Family Area at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. It is housed in and around the Chickadee Big Top in the middle of the action. Providing financial support for the Family Area is just…
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MFL president criticizes Legislated End to Postal Strike
Dear Prime Minister Harper: I was elected by working women and men in Manitoba, members of unions affiliated to the Canadian Labour Congress, to represent their interests on matters such as labour relations. On their behalf, I object to your government’s unwarranted interference into the ongoing dispute between members of the Canadian Union of Postal…