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• Mar 04, 2019 - Government Community Workers ratify new agreement
  

  Members of the Government Community Workers Locals 251-256, 258, who provide respite and support to families and individuals with special needs throughout the province,have ratified a new two-year agreement at Local meetings held throughout the province in February.

• Feb 28, 2019 - Thousands join call to talk about health care votes
  

  Thousands of health care workers in Community and Facility Support joined the MGEU’s two tele-meetings yesterday to talk about what these votes mean and why the MGEU is the strongest health care union for Manitoban’s. If you missed the call, recordings of both meetings are now available.

• Feb 26, 2019 - MGEU Welcomes Newest Local – Patient Transport Services
  

  Members of Patient Transport Services – Local 451, are the latest Manitobans to unionize with the MGEU, our province’s largest union. As the strongest health care union in the province, these new members recognized MGEU’s proven track record, along with the lowest dues in Manitoba, as the right fit for them.

• Feb 26, 2019 - Government Confirms that Pineland Forest Nursery will be Going to Pot
  

  The Government of Manitoba has announced that it has reached a deal to sell the Pineland Forest Nursery to a company that plans to turn the reforestation nursery into a for-profit hemp growing operation.

• Feb 26, 2019 - Bill 29 Commissioner Releases New Report and Website for Upcoming Health Care Votes
  

  On Friday February 22, Robert Pruden, Commissioner of the Bill 29 (Health Sector Bargaining Unit Review Act) votes, released an update for health care workers and yesterday he launched his new website about Bill 29.

• Feb 20, 2019 - University College of the North ratifies new agreement
  

  Members of the University College of the North - Local 69 in the Pas and Local 70 in Thompson ratified a new four-year agreement today.

• Feb 19, 2019 - Have a question about the upcoming health care votes – join the MGEU Tele-meeting
  

  MGEU will be hosting four tele-meetings for health care workers involved in upcoming union representation votes. These meetings will answer some key questions that many health workers have been asking. Two tele-meetings will be held on February 27 for Facility Support and Community Support workers and two more tele-meetings will be held on March 20 for Technical-Professional/Paramedical workers.

• Feb 04, 2019 - New MGEU Campaign Profiles the People Behind the Public
  

  Public services keep Manitoba healthy, safe, and strong. But they don't happen without the people to deliver them. That’s the message delivered in a new MGEU ad campaign that features members who work in the provincial civil service.

• Jan 29, 2019 - WRHA admits it will have authority to reassign workers
  

  Last week, MGEU raised the alarm about the government’s real objectives in forcing a merger of the home care and facility-based health care aide workforces. Employers want the ability to assert management rights to reassign workers between facilities and between home care and facilities. Today, the WRHA commented on the MGEU’s concerns, but failed to provide any meaningful reassurance to health care workers that this is not their true goal.

• Jan 25, 2019 - MGEU stands up for health workers after Minister forces merger of home care and health care aide workforce
  

  Today, the MGEU addressed the Minister of Health’s effort to downplay the impact on health workers of his plan to force a merger of the home care and health care aide workforce.