by now_team_admin | Jan 2, 2014 | Working Families Blog
In his Nov. 20 Winnipeg Free Press op-ed (“Modern workforce needs new illness, injury insurance”), Graham Lane dismisses concerns that incentives in the Workers Compensation Board rate assessment model are encouraging many employers to suppress workplace injuries and...
by now_team_admin | Oct 17, 2011 | Working Families Blog
Once again this week we saw the Harper Conservative government announce it would suspend workers’ rights. Labour Minister Lisa Raitt threatened to legislate Air Canada flight attendants back to work if they chose to exercise their right to strike. And she prevented...
by now_team_admin | Jun 22, 2011 | Working Families Blog
As we approach the end of the school year, the SAFE Workers of Tomorrow centre can once again take pride in the good work it has done this past year promoting a culture of workplace health and safety. Safe Workers of Tomorrow visits high schools across Manitoba...
by now_team_admin | May 31, 2011 | Working Families Blog
Last year, 15 Manitobans went to work and didn’t come home as a result of a workplace tragedy. And 15,000 more were injured seriously enough to require time off work. Last week, I was privileged to share a podium with one of the families that lost a loved one to a...
by now_team_admin | Apr 27, 2011 | Working Families Blog
Earlier this month, I had the honour of joining with 150 workers committed to safer and healthier workplaces at the 30th Annual MFL Health and Safety Conference. While I was there I learned something very surprising and disturbing. While disabling injury rates in...
