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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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Winnipeg Free Press By: Editorial | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021
Editorial
There was quite a collision earlier this week at the intersection of Transparency and Ideology. And yes, injuries were reported.
There was quite a collision earlier this week at the intersection of Transparency and Ideology. And yes, injuries were reported.
The incident in question began with the report that Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government, citing financial hardship created by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, demanded that a two-year wage freeze be imposed on employees of Manitoba Public Insurance.
That, in itself, was hardly cause for screeching tires or rubbernecking curiosity under Premier Brian Pallister’s watch, the province has fought tooth and nail to keep public-sector wages in check, often using its long-unproclaimed Public Services Sustainability Act as a cudgel in demanding negotiated freezes or si