Province 'unreasonable' to refuse arbitration, court rules

Winnipeg Free Press
Court of Appeals at the Law Courts.
Manitoba's highest court has found that the Pallister government's decision to refuse to allow the provincial civil service contract to go to binding arbitration was "unreasonable."
Manitoba's highest court has found that the Pallister government's decision to refuse to allow the provincial civil service contract to go to binding arbitration was "unreasonable."
The Manitoba Court of Appeal ruling paves the way for potential wage increases to 12,000 civil servants, who have been without a contract since March 2019.
Finance Minister Scott Fielding had refused to allow a Manitoba Government and General Employees Union request that an arbitration board be appointed to settle the contract after the union deemed that bargaining had reached an impasse.

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