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Manitoba Living Wage Update 2022
September 23, 2022 | Authored by: Michael Apata, Jesse Hajer, Niall Harney
The 2022 living wage update comes alongside the fastest increases to the cost of living seen since the early 1980s. These increases are placing financial pressure on low-wage workers, amplifying calls for the adoption of a living wage in Manitoba. Usin …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development, Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Unearth this Buried Treasure: Adult Education in Manitoba
January 25, 2022 | Authored by: Jim Silver
New report finds Adult Education struggling to meet demand. Underfunded adult education programs in Manitoba are struggling to meet the demand for literacy and grade twelve equivalency in the province. Unearth this Buried Treasure: Adult Education in M …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Hard Infrastructure, Hard Times: Workers Perspectives on Privatization and Contracting out of Manitoba Infrastructure
September 3, 2021 | Authored by: Jennifer Keith, Jesse Hajer, Michael Conway
For several years, the Manitoba government led by the Progressive Conservatives has been pushing hard to reduce the number of government workers, while transferring work and contracts to the private sector. This report examines the push for privatizati …
Grant: Community-Driven Solutions to Poverty: Challenges and Possibilities - 2020-2027
Category: Community Economic Development, Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Communities are Partners: Workers Occupational Health and Safety Rights with Newcomers
October 23, 2020 | Authored by: Dorothy Wigmore
For the past 20 years, newcomer and migrant workers in Manitoba have learned about occupational health, safety and compensation rights thanks to the Cross Cultural Community Development Program at the MFL Occupational Health Centre. Community Trainers …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Indigenous Peoples and Unions in Canada
February 20, 2019 | Authored by: Lynne Fernandez , Jim Silver
It is true that historically unions have acted in the interests of non-Indigenous workers, failing to adequately represent the interests of Indigenous workers, and even actively excluding them from paid employment. Today’s unions are working to eradica …
Grant: Partnering for Change: Community-Based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-City Poverty - 2012-2019
Category: Education, Training, and Capacity Building
