Winnipeg

PSAC members staged the protest in the rain on Wednesday in front of Winnipeg South Centre MP Jim Carr's constitiuency office, saying they want a concrete update on the problems plaguing the government's Phoenix pay system.

The Winnipeg Regional Women's Committee is conducting a school supply drive to help the families of workers on strike at the Winnipeg Airport.

Attendees: Sheilagh Hanson, Serena Pottinger , Nicole Papineau,, Rachel d’Eschambault, Yvonne Hein, Frank Janz (Guest of Regional Women’s Committee), Tina Matias-Bouchard (PSAC rep) and Charlotte Cameron (United Way speaker)

Winnipeg Area Council; Meeting Minutes - Aug 9, 2017 Attendance: Lorelei Topnik, Jamie Bonner, Gus Mardli, Sheilagh Hanson, Yvonne Hein, Serina Pottinger, Tracy Grove, Pam Shaw, Susan Brown, Brett Rainboth, Greg Ballendine, Michael Westwell, Tracy Thor – PSAC Staff

A strike began at the Winnipeg Airport Monday morning (July 24, 2017) at 3:00am. After seven days of negotiations with the assistance of a federally-appointed mediator aimed at resolving all outstanding issues in bargaining between the Winnipeg Airport and its General Bargaining Unit employees, members of UCTE Local 50600 of the PSAC, the employer left the talks at 6:00pm Sunday after tabling an offer which failed to address almost all of those issues.

A strike could occur at the Winnipeg Airport as early as Monday, if the union is unable to reach a tentative agreement with the employer. The Public Service Alliance of Canada served the required 72-hour notice late last night.

Unionized workers employed by the Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) sent a clear message to their employer last night, voting strongly in favour of taking strike action later this week should mediation talks break down. Several meetings were held Monday evening to allow union members to vote to take strike action as early as 12:01 a.m., Saturday, July 22, if an agreement can’t be reached. That deadline can be extended, as needed, if talks remain productive.

Unionized workers employed by the Winnipeg Airports Authority (WAA) will hold a demonstration at noon today outside the airport departures level to protest contracting out and to demonstrate support for the bargaining team as they head into mediation.

PSAC members of UCTE (Union of Canadian Transportation Employees, a component of PSAC) Local 50600 at the Winnipeg Airport Authority have been without a contract since June 30, 2016. Negotiations have been ongoing since the collective agreement expired and in June of this year we requested the assistance of a mediator. To date, the employer has refused to take contracting-out off the table. While there are other issues, such as money, not yet resolved, this local has a solid “no contracting out” clause that WAA wants to remove.

Attendance: Gus Mardli; Greg Ballendine; Lorelei Topnik; Frank Janz; Faye Kingyens; Jamie Bonner; Yvonne Hein; Tina Matias-Bouchard, PSAC Rep