Strike at Métis, Michif child and family services agencies ends, members back to work Tuesday: MGEU

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· Posted: Apr 08, 2025 12:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

After conscionable nether 2 weeks successful the picket lines, workers astatine 2 Métis and Michif kid and household services agencies volition spell backmost to enactment connected Tuesday, aft their national says it's reached an statement with the leader to resoluteness outstanding declaration negotiations done arbitration.

More than 330 employees of the 2 agencies — the Winnipeg-area Métis Child, Family and Community Services, and Michif Child and Family Services, serving the Dauphin, The Pas and Brandon areas — went connected onslaught connected March 25.

The employees, who are represented by the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU), person been without a declaration since the erstwhile agreements expired connected Jan. 31, 2023.

Workers had been asking for a caller statement that matched the four-year, 14 per cent wage summation members represented by the MGEU in different civilian services got past year. 

Late Monday evening, the union announced it has reached an statement with the agencies to resoluteness outstanding declaration negotiations done involvement arbitration, efficaciously bringing the onslaught to an end. 

In a statement, MGEU president Kyle Ross said the solution "is an important measurement guardant successful our efforts to execute wage parity for CFS members."

"We volition proceed to advocator for that result successful arbitration," helium said.

Last week, MGEU applied to the Manitoba Labour Board to person the existent declaration quality with the agencies resolved by an autarkic arbitrator.

On Monday, the national said it would retreat that application, aft the leader agreed to voluntary arbitration.

As portion of the agreement, the parties are scheduled for a proceeding connected April 22, with the arbitrator committing to present a ruling wrong 4 weeks. 

Union members from some agencies volition instrumentality to enactment connected Tuesday, MGEU said.

CBC News has reached retired to some MGEU and the Manitoba Métis Federation for remark precocious Monday, but did not perceive backmost arsenic of work time.