Manitoba government pushing wage freeze bill through legislature as battle looms

Manitoba government pushing wage freeze bill through legislature as battle looms
Honourable Fletcher strikes again
Manitoba public-sector unions said Thursday they will file a court challenge against a proposed law that would freeze their members' wages for two years. The announcement came as the Progressive Conservative government was working to pass the bill 

Kevin Rebeck, president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour, finishes his presentation during a public hearing at the Manitoba Legislature in Winnipeg on Mon., May 8, 2017. Kevin King/Winnipeg Sun/Postmedia Network. Article

Steven Fletcher Tory MLA Steven Fletcher, a former federal cabinet minister who has already shown a willingness to be at odds with his own governing party, is planning to introduce a private member's bill on Monday, May 29, 2017, that would chop eight …

Manitoba Federation of Labour president Kevin Rebeck calls the Pallister government's new wage-control bill unconstitutional, unfair and unnecessary. Organized labour will challenge the Pallister government's wage-control bill within two weeks …

Manitoba public-sector unions said Thursday they will file a court challenge against a proposed law that would freeze their members' wages for two years. The announcement came as the Progressive Conservative government was working to pass the bill

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