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• Jun 01, 2018 - Government Cuts Sheriff Positions
  

  There will be three less sheriff positions this year following yet another cut by the Manitoba Government. The cut was included in the Justice Department’s Supplementary Information for Legislative Review and was revealed in question period this week when the opposition asked the Justice Minister to explain the reasoning behind the cuts.

• Jun 01, 2018 - Concerned Manitobans put the Brakes on Gov’s Plan to Close Highway Rest Area
  

  The government has heard the voices of thousands of Manitobans and no longer plans to close the Pinegrove rest area after this summer. Early last week, Manitoba Infrastructure Minister, Ron Schuler said the government was looking at closing the highway rest stop to avoid paying the costs to overhaul its sewage lagoon. The area is the only public rest stop on the Trans-Canada between Winnipeg and the Ontario border.

• Jun 01, 2018 - Government Declares Paramedicine Regulated Health Profession
  

  The Government of Manitoba announced today that Paramedicine is now a regulated health profession under The Regulated Health Professions Act. The Act will bring all regulated health professions together under a single piece of legislation, and it sets out a new way of regulating “who does what” in the provision of health services.

• May 30, 2018 - Partnership Makes its Case for Injunction Against Legislated Wage Freezes
  

  On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, the injunction request filed by the Partnership to Defend Public Services (PDPS) against the Pallister government’s wage freeze legislation (Bill 28: The Public Service Sustainability Act) was heard in court.

• May 29, 2018 - MGEU Welcomes New Local - Rod McGillivary Memorial Home
  

  The MGEU is happy to welcome its newest Local — Rod McGillivary Memorial Home, Local 447 — a long-term care facility located in the Opaskwayak Cree Nation.

• May 29, 2018 - Familiar Faces Re-Elected to MFL Executive
  

  At the 2018 Manitoba Federation of Labour Convention held this past weekend in Winnipeg, President Kevin Rebeck was re-elected to a fourth term. MGEU President Michelle Gawronsky was also re-elected as MFL Executive Vice President.

• May 25, 2018 - Judy Cook Award Presented Posthumously to MGEU Staff Rep Lee Edwards
  

  Today the MFL presented the Judy Cook Award to Lee Edwards, former staff representative at the MGEU and President of ACTE 1725. As Lee passed recently, her partner Tony accepted the award on her behalf.

• May 24, 2018 - Gawronsky Says Province Should Put the Brakes on Plan to Close Highway Rest Areas
  

  Minister of Infrastructure, Ron Schuler, says they are conducting a review to consider closing some highway rest areas including the Pine Grove rest area – the only one on the Trans-Canada highway between the Ontario border and Winnipeg.

• May 24, 2018 - COR Enterprises Inc - Local 155 ratifies new agreement
  

  Members of COR Enterprises Inc - Local 155 ratified a new four-year agreement on May 23, 2018.

• May 15, 2018 - Gov releases Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
  

  Yesterday, the government released its long-awaited review of Manitoba mental health and addictions services.­­­­ We will be following-up immediately with government to find out more about how the report’s recommendations may impact MGEU members in both the short- and long-term.