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Labour Matters is a product of the Trade Union Research Collective. The collective’s goal is to promote greater understanding of the positive role that unions play in the workplace, in the labour market, in the community, and in wider society.
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Work Life: Portage la Prairie P3 decision fails public interest test
Pursuant to new provincial and federal effluent guidelines, the City of Portage la Prairie is required to upgrade its wastewater facilities, known as the Water…
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Work Life: Time to give back to Manitoba’s North
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Dec 6, 2016 Those of us who were hoping that the Throne Speech would have details about a…
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Work Life: Honouring Ellen Olfert, founder of SAFE Workers of Tomorrow
Honouring Ellen Olfert, founder of SAFE Workers of Tomorrow In 1995, 19 year old Stephen Nicholson was on the job site working in a paint…
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Fast Facts: Private Long Term Care & Home Care Zombies
UBC economist Robert Evans calls user fees in health care zombies, a policy option that keeps surfacing despite being killed over and over again by…
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Work Life: Economic security, democratic rights and the secret ballot
Democracy. The word carries a deep meaning for citizens of nations rooted in western democratic traditions. The full measure of the word far exceeds the…
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Work Life: Cities and Civic Workers
The Union Role in Building Better Cities Book Review Although Carlo Fanelli’s book Megacity Malaise: Neoliberalism, Public Services and Labour in Toronto is not about…
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Work Life: City of Winnipeg should study benefits of in-house waste collection
This fall Winnipeg City Council will determine the future of waste and recycling collection in our city. Current contracts with Emterra Environmental and Progressive Waste…
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It’s Time to Give Back to Manitoba’s North
Download 1.14 MB12 pages A new Errol Black Chair report released today examines how events areunfolding in Churchill and The Pas. It puts these events…
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Work Life: Manitoba Youth Crisis Workers Left in Limbo
Manitoba Government and General Employees Union members at Macdonald Youth Services (Local 221), who provide crisis intervention services to youth and families in Winnipeg, walked…
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Work Life: What’s At Stake At Canada Post?
by David Camfield, Labour Studies and Sociology, University of Manitoba The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is currently engaged in collective bargaining with Canada…
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Work Life: Inaction Threatens to Stagnate Manitoba Minimum Wage
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press July 18, 2016 Unless immediate action is taken, 2016 will be the first time in a generation that…
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Work Life: Bill 7 Unfavourable for Manitoban Workers
First published by CBC Manitoba on June 2016 On June 15 the new Manitoba government introduced Bill 7, The Labour Relations Amendment Act, which…
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