The CCPA's annual Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) addresses the concerns of mainstream Canada by putting forward a public investment plan that promotes a better quality of life for all…

DSW/CDWs The MGEU is requesting the creation of full-time and part-time positions which would result in more continuity in order to affect the changes needed to ensure children, families, and…

Manitoba's Finance Minister Stan Struthers announced today the 2012 budget will be presented on April 17 when the Manitoba legislature resumes sitting.

Beginning March 12, 2012, the MGEU will be conducting a telephone survey of all Manitoba paramedics represented by the union. The survey is being done through an independent market research…

On Saturday, March 3, Seine River Educational Assistants (MGEU Local 145) ratified a new three-year contract.

This year's theme is "Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures." So come out with your signs and noisemakers and raise your voice in solidarity of girl's and women's rights here and…

The MGEU has decided not to appeal Justice Freedman’s ruling regarding the legality of the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry, but the union remains convinced that Cabinet did not have a legal basis to…

CBC News ran a story today about emergency medical services response times in rural Manitoba, with the revelation that about 54% of rural communities failed to meet provincial response time…

Starting April 16, the Winnipeg Labour Council and United Way of Winnipeg will be offering training for MGEU activists to become Labour Community Advocates.

(WHSC/CALM) More than one in four Canadian workers say their daily lives are highly stressful, according to a recently published Statistics Canada study. More than 60 per cent of these…

Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSIs) are the most common type of workplace injury in Canada. A Statistics Canada study revealed that more than two million Canadians, or nearly one person in 15,…

For quite some time, Manitoba paramedics have been concerned about the safety of using all-season tires on ambulances throughout the winter; something MGEU President Lois Wales says endangers…

The Brandon WCB Regional Office is located in the Renaissance Station building, Unit #1, 457 - 9th Street and will provide full service to workers in Brandon and Western Manitoba.

Late last week, the negotiating committee representing Seine River Educational Assistants (MGEU Local 145) reached a tentative agreement with their employer through conciliation.

Recently, the MGEU (through its legal representatives) filed a motion to the Manitoba Court of Appeal to request the Commission of Inquiry to ask the Court to rule on whether it has the power…

“Manitoba will have more people coming into the institutions and we don’t know where they’re going to be housed or what kinds of programs will be available to try to rehabilitate them,” Wales…

The MFL, WLC, and CLC are inviting anyone and everyone to join them for a pancake breakfast to celebrate International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8 (7am – 9am).

This past Saturday, members of Local 145 voted to reject their employer’s offer, which means both parties will now be heading to conciliation (currently scheduled for February 9th and 16th) in…

A ceremony held in late January honored three Brandon workplaces for their dedication to helping promote blood donation, including MGEU members from the Brandon Correctional Centre.

This month, thousands of volunteers for the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) in Manitoba will be going door-to-door to raise awareness and funds in support of local heart disease and stroke…