As we reported some time ago, the Union won a grievance which determined that a member should be compensated for travel time at overtime rates.

Members of the Corrections sub-component Bargaining Committee resumed talks with government late last week with an eye toward resolving some of the nine outstanding issues slated to go to arbitration.

The MGEU’s Corrections Bargaining Committee and representatives from the Provincial Government will resume contract negotiations on Thursday, January 24, and Friday, January 25, 2008.

Over 250 Manitoba Correctional Officers and supporters marched from the Winnipeg Convention Centre to the steps of the Manitoba Legislature to express dissatisfaction over lengthy contract…

Manitoba’s Correctional Officers will be holding an information picket commencing at noon today (more information can be found by clicking the links below). All participating Corrections…

The legal team representing the Province of Manitoba, and representatives of the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU), were to begin an arbitration hearing this week to…

The Corrections Arbitration hearing has been postponed. The province and the Attorney General’s office have raised a last minute preliminary argument that has to be dealt with before the…

In August of 2006, the MGEU won an arbitration that required the government to pay employees at overtime rates for travel. Since that date, the Union has made repeated requests to the…

The Workplace Safety and Health Regulation 217/2006 defines “Working Alone” as any worker who performs a job in the absence of their employer, another person in a supervisory capacity…

Public perception of a serious problem in the funding of defined benefit (DB) pension plans in both Canada and the United States is a myth for over 90% of plans according to Dominion Bond…

Late last year a 29-year employee of the Civil Service was terminated due to what the employer cited as a series of events which occurred throughout the summer of that year.

A re-elected NDP government would create 4,000 new apprenticeship training opportunities, build a new research training centre at Red River College, increase spaces at medical schools,…

Teachers’ pensions will automatically be adjusted to better reflect inflation, under a plan promised by PC Leader, Hugh McFadyen.  McFadyen said if elected, a PC government will…

PC Leader Hugh McFadyen has announced a plan to strengthen community centres and arenas across Manitoba with two new initiatives aimed at helping them ‘go green’.  This…

The Manitoba PCs have made their campaign platform available for download. Click here for more information.

An NDP government would provide more resources for students with learning disabilities in rural and northern Manitoba, Premier Gary Doer announced recently.  They would commit $1.5…

The Manitoba Liberals have unveiled an economic strategy that emphasizes higher wages, better jobs, and safer workplaces as a way of getting Manitobans working in other provinces to return…

PC Leader Hugh McFadyen today announced plans to build on his previous drainage management and wetland retention policy with a focus on municipal sewage as a contributor to the deterioration…

An NDP government would build a new centre for children with special needs and disabilities, and a new health care clinic in west Winnipeg to provide residents in the area with better…

The Manitoba Liberals have unveiled a health care plan that establishes a legislated Patients’ Bill of Rights, a Medical Standards Quality Council that will set provincial standards for…