Workers at 3 Manitoba Child and Family Services agencies serve strike notice

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· Posted: Mar 11, 2025 12:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Manitoba national workers astatine 3 kid and household services agencies whitethorn spell connected onslaught successful a mates of weeks if a tentative statement can't beryllium reached with their employers.

The Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU) has issued a two-week onslaught announcement to Métis Child, Family and Community Services, Michif Child and Family Services and Southeast Child and Family Services, a quality merchandise said connected Tuesday. 

Approximately 500 national members — administrative unit and societal services, household enactment and younker attraction workers astatine the 3 agencies — will locomotion the picket enactment starting March 25 if an statement can't beryllium made by then, MGEU president Kyle Ross said successful the quality release.

Workers are asking for a declaration successful enactment with the four-year, 14 per cent wage summation MGEU members in different civilian services got past year, Ross antecedently told CBC.  

The provincial authorities has provided millions of dollars successful backing to kid and household services authorities and the agencies they fund, but they haven't negotiated an connection that provides wage parity, Ross said.

Union workers voted for a onslaught mandate successful December and the bargaining committees feel they person nary prime but to instrumentality occupation action, due to the fact that the current connection "jeopardizes attraction for susceptible children and youth" by creating a two-tier wage system, Ross said. 

The declaration for Métis Child, Family and Community Services and Michif Child and Family Services expired connected Jan. 31, 2023. Workers astatine Southeast Child and Family Services person been without a declaration since March 31, 2022.