Manitoba Federation of Labour

Sign a new petition to bring the Port of Churchill and the railway back into public hands.

ln attendance - James, Lorelei, Ryan, Gus, Greg, Yvonne, Lindsey, Jackie

Call to order Introductions Adoption of Agenda PSAC Statement on Harassment Minutes previous Meeting Treasurer’s report Annual General Meeting  (Election Process) Next Meeting date Adjournment 

On March 20, Brian Pallister’s government introduced two bills that attack workers and their fundamental labour rights. The legislation calls for wide-reaching restrictions on bargaining and collective agreements and provides broad powers for the government that would normally be reserved for the Manitoba Labour Board.

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.

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.