The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) has responded to a vitriolic attack by The Economist on public employees and public sector unions around the world.

“The overcrowding strategies in place are more a Band-Aid solution than anything else and don’t address the crowding currently in place,” says MGEU staff representative Ken Crawford.

The Civil Service tentative agreement package was mailed out on Friday, January 7, including details of what was achieved at the table, a voting schedule and a mail-in ballot.

While NUPGE and its affiliates (including the MGEU), have suspended CLC activities, they have not left the CLC. As a result, each union remains involved in local labour bodies.

Correctional officers across Canada are expressing growing concern about the number of cell phones making their way through prison walls and into the hands of inmates.

More than 70% of Canadians will continue to work after retirement, says a survey conducted by Harris/Decima.

After reaching a tentative agreement with the employer just before the holiday season, the Civil Service Bargaining Committee and MGEU staff began work on preparing a mail-out to over 14,000…

Local 115, Families First Home Visitors (Winnipeg) has ratified a revised offer – including a Memorandum to review the Home Visitor classification.

A new study by CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie shows Canada's best paid 100 CEOs appear to be recession-proof, earning 155 times more than the average Canadian.

After nine months at the bargaining table, the Civil Service Bargaining Committee has reached a four-year tentative agreement with the Province on behalf of 14,000 government employees.

With the holiday season upon us, I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the membership for your support during these last few very busy months. I am thoroughly enjoying…

Since the last update, the Civil Service Bargaining Committee has been working tirelessly at the table to address the issues each Component put forward last fall, and to reach a deal on…

Today is United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). Yesterday Canadians with disabilities celebrated with a major victory in ensuring that government…

MGEU transformed over a quarter century of skilled leadership into the largest and most innovative union in Manitoba.

Canada has returned to a 1920s-style Gilded Age where the super-rich consolidate their wealth while the middle class stagnates and struggles to keep from sliding backward.

This past Saturday in the Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba’s top employers for 2011 were revealed in what has become an annual competition. According to Mediacorp Canada Inc. – the editors of…

A private members bill that would create a national housing strategy to increase the supply of safe, affordable housing has survived another hurdle in Canada's minority Conservative parliament.

Newly ratified agreement includes general wage increases for all classifications totaling 5.8% over the four-year period.

This morning, MGEU President Lois Wales took part in a conference call with the National Executive Board of NUPGE in which the board unanimously voted to immediately suspend NUPGE’s…

The world’s biggest corporations are rushing to convert living plant matter – 'biomass' – into fuel, chemicals and other profitable products. Corn and sugarcane are already being…