In September 2007, a review of the Public Service Group Insurance Fund revealed an actuarial surplus of approximately $10 million. Based on past practice, the Superannuation Liaison…

Ottawa (27 Jan. 2009) – The Harper government has let Canadians down again with a stimulus package that is short on the bold investments needed to boost the economy, create jobs and protect…

Yesterday the Federal Government handed down the much-anticipated 2009 budget. As many suspected, the two-year $64 billion stimulus package is not aimed squarely at one target but spread…

Balancing responsibilities at work and at home is a greater stressor for women. Although, all working people report they are suffering from more stress related to balancing responsibilities…

Members from Seine River School Division ratified a new three-year collective agreement.

Frontline workers in health care, community-based social services and the justice system converged on Ottawa this week to tell provincial premiers and the federal government that to be…

More than 250 members of the Professional Paramedics Association of Winnipeg (PPAW) recently voted to amalgamate with the province’s largest union – the Manitoba Government and General…

Ottawa (22 Jan. 2009) -- As Canada’s parliamentarians gather next week to debate the federal budget and how to tackle the economic crisis, it is important that intelligent policy decisions be…

As Canada’s first ministers gathered in Ottawa last week to discuss the growing economic crisis, frontline workers in health care, community-based social services and the justice system were…

Arbitrator Michael Werier’s ruling as it relates to Correctional Officers (MGEU) and the Province of Manitoba was handed down today. The entire ruling has been passed on to the Corrections…

Twelve Tenant Service Coordinators who work for the Manitoba Department of Housing sought a reclassification of their jobs based on a significant change to their duties. The changes had come…

This self-help guide is intended for all new or established workplace safety and health committees and worker safety and health representatives in Manitoba.

As we reported some time ago, the Union won a grievance which determined that a member should be compensated for travel time at overtime rates.

Members of the Corrections sub-component Bargaining Committee resumed talks with government late last week with an eye toward resolving some of the nine outstanding issues slated to go to arbitration.

The MGEU’s Corrections Bargaining Committee and representatives from the Provincial Government will resume contract negotiations on Thursday, January 24, and Friday, January 25, 2008.

Over 250 Manitoba Correctional Officers and supporters marched from the Winnipeg Convention Centre to the steps of the Manitoba Legislature to express dissatisfaction over lengthy contract…

Manitoba’s Correctional Officers will be holding an information picket commencing at noon today (more information can be found by clicking the links below). All participating Corrections…

The legal team representing the Province of Manitoba, and representatives of the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU), were to begin an arbitration hearing this week to…

The Corrections Arbitration hearing has been postponed. The province and the Attorney General’s office have raised a last minute preliminary argument that has to be dealt with before the…

In August of 2006, the MGEU won an arbitration that required the government to pay employees at overtime rates for travel. Since that date, the Union has made repeated requests to the…