The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) 2013 Solidarity Kid’s Camp of Manitoba will be held August 18‐24 at Caddy Lake Camp in the Whiteshell.The PSAC Prairie Region Council has approved funding to pay the registration fee for a child of a PSAC member. If no requests are received, the money will be sent to the Solidarity Kid’s Camp as a donation.
Manitoba Federation of Labour
January 18, 2013 - 8:19am •
The Community Unemployed Help Centre presents the Brown Bag Lunch Series on Human Rights.
January 9, 2013 - 12:00am •
You are invited to help build The Lethbridge Declaration - a grassroots Federal NDP campaign built by progressive Prairie people who want to live in an inclusive Canada that leaves no one behind, who feel urgent action is needed to push back on the direction Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are taking Canada, and who want to be involved in making that change happen.
December 6, 2012 - 2:49pm •
Report of the Regional Executive Vice-President, Prairies to the Manitoba Federation of Labour Executive Council submitted for the December 6-7, 2012 meeting. This report covers the period from the last MFL meeting.
October 26, 2012 - 9:47am •
Rally Against the Harper GovernmentFriday, November 9, 20126:00 - 7:00 p.m.Union Hill, Errol Black Park, Corner 1st Street & Rosser AvenueJoin the rally and campaign to stop the cuts from the Harper Government. They are affecting our community and our lives.This event is hosted by the Brandon & District Labour CouncilPost Rally Coffee House: Songs & Solidarity with David RovicsFriday, November 9, 20128:00 p.m. concertDoors open at 7:00 p.m.
October 23, 2012 - 12:00am •
The Winnipeg Labour Council Policy and Educational Conference entitled "Political Action Boot Camp" is only one month away. This conference is a very important training and networking opportunity for labour and community activists.Attendees will receive a crash course in three areas of political necessity: Community organizing; Effective Lobbying; and Election Campaigning. These areas are key to having the labour movement be successful in political endeavours.
October 12, 2012 - 12:00am •
On October 30th, 2012, CUHC, PILC of LAM, CFCS, Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, and New Directions will be holding a second full-day conference titled “Community Advocates Conference – Capacity Building for Advocates.” This conference will provide participants with similar tools as the conference held in 2009 and will help build skills and competencies for those interested in various forms of advocacy.
October 5, 2012 - 12:50pm •
Every year, PSAC members invest in their communities by supporting their local United Way. Annual fundraising drives have kicked off across the Prairie Region and we’re asking Prairies members to reach into their pockets and continue their pattern of giving generously to an important community-focused charity.
October 4, 2012 - 12:36pm •
In June, the United Way of Saskatoon and Area said goodbye and thank you to Marianne Hladun for six years of service to the organization and our community. Marianne served as a United Way board member from June 2006 – June 2012. We were not able to thank Marianne publicly at the United Way AGM as she was already hard at work in Winnipeg as Regional Executive Vice-President for the PSAC Prairie Region.
October 3, 2012 - 11:57pm •
An ambitious seven-day, seven-city tour addressing the six-month student strike in Quebec, visited London, Toronto, Saskatoon, and Regina, before passing through Winnipeg on October 3.The special tour addressed what happened in Quebec, but also how the hard-earned lessons of the longest student strike in Canadian history can be applied to organizing across the country.
Pages
