The union representing about 5,000 City of Winnipeg workers says it's ready to work with a mediator. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 500 has accepted Labour Minister Jennifer Howard's offer for a mediator to resolve the contract dispute with the...
By David Klassen The Manitoba Labour Board ordered the end to an 83-day strike of 22 UFCW Local 832 members late Tuesday. The members work at the Malteurop plant in Winnipeg, the company that produces barley-based malt used in Moosehead beer. Both sides responded to...
Workers at a Winnipeg malting plant who have been on strike since December 9 will be joined on the picket line today by a group of their supporters. Members of various unions will join the UFCW Local 832 workers in a solidarity rally to support the 22 Malteurop...
Workers at a Winnipeg malting plant have rejected their company's latest offer and have voted to strike. The 22 plant workers at Malteurop, the company that produces barley-based malt used in Moosehead beer, hit the picket line at 6 a.m. on Thursday. The employees are...
Staff at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon and Red River College in Winnipeg have voted in favour of strike action after casting ballots Thursday night. “The results of this week’s vote sends a clear message to the employers that what they’ve presented to...
By David Klassen Workers at the Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB) have been on strike in Winnipeg since March 12, but they could soon be back to work. A tentative deal was reached late Wednesday night with the help of a government appointed conciliation officer,...
Staff at the local branch of the Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB) have been on strike since Monday. At issue are employee wages and benefits, which workers say should be the same across the country. A solidarity rally has been organized this afternoon from 2:30...
Submitted photo by Winnipeg cartoonist Dan Phelps
A tentative settlement was reached at around 4:30 p.m. today in the Manitoba Hydro strike. 3,000 workers walked off the job last Friday, which was the first strike in the company's 48-year history. In a posting on its website, the union representing the workers (IBEW...
About 3,000 Manitoba Hydro workers started walking picket lines tonight at 6 p.m., after talks with the utility, and the workers' union broke down earlier today. As we reported earlier, this will be the first strike in the company's 48-year history. Local 2034 IBEW's...
UPDATE: The strike is on. 3,000 unionized Manitoba Hydro employees could walk off the job as early as tonight. Union members rejected the latest contract offer from the utility on Wednesday night. Hydro says if workers strike and power happens to be disrupted, they...
By Sarah Klein You may soon have to resort to buying your liquor on the black market (we don't promote that) if MLCC workers go on strike. 910 Manitoba Liquor Control Commission employees -- 800 of which are unionized -- voted 84% in favour of giving negotiators a...
