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The Manitoba Court of Appeal has ruled the province has no right to block the negotiations with civil servants from going to an arbitrator.
Justice Freda M. Steel in her ruling said the province was âunreasonableâ in refusing the negotiations to proceed to binding arbitration.
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The Manitoba Government and General Employees Union and the 12,000 civil servants they represent have been without a contract since March 2019.
âThis is a huge win for our members and itâs sad and unfortunate that we actually had to go to court in the first place, never mind go to court a second time for an appeal for something that is actually within an act of government,â said Michelle Gawronsky, president of MGEU.
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Beautiful Plains School Division teachers are facing a retroactive salary bump after their association unanimously ratified a new two-year collective agreement on Thursday, which could also pave the way for similar negotiations in the province.
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Beautiful Plains School Division teachers are facing a retroactive salary bump after their association unanimously ratified a new two-year collective agreement on Thursday, which could also pave the way for similar negotiations in the province.
The retroactive salary on the two-year agreement, that expired on June 30, 2020, includes a 1.6 per cent salary increase for the 2018-19 year and a 1.4 per cent increase for the 2019-20 year, according to Beautiful Plains School Division superintendent Jason Young.
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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