Manitoba

Attendance: Gus Mardli, Tracy Grove, Greg Ballendine, Yvonne Hein, Lorelei Topnik, Sheilagh Hanson, Gloria Kelly, Faye Kingyens, Frank Janz, Bernard Baloy

Attendance: Sheilagh Hansen, Nicole Papineau, Gloria Kelly, Shelley Henn, Mona Simcoe, Kelly Pendulak, Valerie Denesiuk- life member GSU, Yvonne Hein

Monday – March 14 2017 – 5:15pm

Attendees: Jeff Sexton (Chair), Glen Johnston, Martin Kaminski, Mike Weisgerber, Jennifer Grant, Susan Norman - APSAR, Tina Matias-Bouchard – PSAC RO

Report of the Regional Executive Vice-President, Prairies to the Manitoba Federation of Labour Executive Council submitted for the February 2017 meeting. This report covers the period from the last MFL meeting.

Call to order Introductions Adoption of Agenda PSAC Statement on Harassment Feb 8, 2017 minutes approval (Sr. Grove) Treasurer’s report (Sr. Topnik) Prairie Voice Awards Next meeting date.

From November 15, 2016 to February 15, 2017, the Workers Compensation Act Legislative Review Committee 2016 asked for input from workers, employers, labour unions, industry and safety associations, key stakeholders and interested Manitobans to get a thorough understanding of the issues in order to prepare a final report for the government's consideration. The Public Service Alliance of Canada, Prairie Region submitted an analysis of the issues for consideration on behalf of the more than 8,000 PSAC members living and working in Manitoba.

Attendees: Sheilagh Hanson, Shelley Henn, Darlene McClure, Gloria Kelly, Nicole Papineau, Paula MacDonald, Rachel d’Eschambault, Anna Goldfeld, Dawn MacAulay, Diana Fred, Yvonne Hein

Call to Order Round table introductions PSAC Statement on Harassment Adoption of Agenda Approval of last AGM Minutes – February 25, 2016 President’s Report Treasurer’s Report Winnipeg Area Council Executive election:

At a meeting on January 5th, the Minister of Finance and officials invited Manitoba’s public sector unions to participate in what was referred to as a Fiscal Working Group with a mandate to explore solutions to returning the province’s budget to balance.