The MFL presses for action on three over-arching priorities: reversing the reckless decision to cut front-line services and invest in improving quality public services; investing to create good jobs; and reducing poverty and inequality.
The MFL advocates for changes to the Workplace Safety and Health Act to prevent workplace injuries and illness, and strengthen rules to keep workers safe on the job.
In preparation for the legalization of marijuana in Canada, the MFL advocates for a public system for sales and distribution of cannabis, as the best way to ensure safe sales, strong public education and good, family-supporting jobs.
The MFL argues against the Pallister government's Bill to increase the power and influence of wealthy donors over democratic elections.
The MFL advocates for Manitoba to be a leader on energy efficiency, and to keep building our hydro-electric resources to create good jobs, reduce carbon emissions and keep our hydro rates low. The MFL opposes the Pallister government's plan to break-off Power Smart from Manitoba Hydro and gamble on a new agency to deliver energy efficiency programs.
The MFL opposes Bill 29's proposal to trigger disruptive and divisive representation votes in health care, moving the focus away from patient care and trampling over the democratic decisions made by workers about their union representation. The MFL advances an alternative model for health care bargaining - supported by all health care unions - to establish union bargaining councils instead.
The MFL denounces Bill 28 for trampling over workers' constitutionally-protected right to free and fair collective bargaining. Bill 28 is unnecessary, unfair and unconstitutional. Government should come to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair deal for the public sector workers who provide the services that Manitoba families count on every day!
The MFL expresses strong support for The Accessibility for Manitobans Act and the goals of building a more diverse and representative workforce, and breaking down barriers to employment for persons with disabilities. The MFL offers proposals for how to build off the government's draft Accessibility Standard for Employment, and make further progress toward achieving an accessible labour market for all.
This submission advances the MFL's detailed recommendations to make Manitoba's workers compensation system more fair.
The MFL advances its support for the designation of powerline technicians as a registered red seal trade, but cautions against deviating from the standard 1:1 apprentice:journeyperson ratio, which has helped to ensure training integrity and support workplace safety and health.
The MFL presses for action on three over-arching priorities: protecting and improving quality public services; investing to create good jobs and better infrastructure; and reducing poverty and inequality.
The Labour Caucus of the Labour Management Review Committee (LMRC) advances its position in opposition to the PC government's proposal to make it harder for everyday Manitobans to join a union by amending the Labour Relations Act to eliminate provision for majority card check (auto certification).
The MFL calls for a rejection of Bill C-10 on the grounds that it justifies the elimination of good jobs in Manitoba by removing all meaningful requirements on Air Canada to maintain local overhaul and maintenance operations.
The MFL calls for a rejection of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal negotiated by the former Harper Conservative government on the grounds that it was brokered behind closed doors and would undermine good Canadian jobs and threaten needed protections for workers, Aboriginal communities, citizens and our environment.