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Fast Facts: Workers say privatizing infrastructure services costly, risking safety of Manitobans
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday August 24, 2021
Hard Infrastructure, Hard Times
Workers Perspectives on Privatization and Contracting out of Manitoba Infrastructure Download 1.67 MB108 pages For several years, the Manitoba government led by the Progressive…
Fast Facts: Seeking a just recovery from COVID-19
First published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 6, 2021 COVID-19 has been a fundamental shock to households, communities and countries globally. Manitoba, like other…
A Family Living Wage for Manitoba
A Living Wage Update Download 482.32 KB 16 pages CCPA MB puts out regular updates of the living wage in Manitoba, ensuring it reflects changes…
Fast Facts: Manitoba Minimum Wage workers in poverty, face precarious work – new report
A new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba office finds Manitoba’s $11.65 hourly minimum wage is insufficient to bring…
Surviving on Minimum Wage
Lived Experiences of Manitoba Workers & Policy Implications Download 1.01 MB 40 pages In 2001, CCPA-Manitoba published a report titled The Minimum Wage and a…
Work Life: Austerity, the economy and COVID-19…Manitoba Government creating, not solving problems
First published CBC online April 21, 2020 COVID-19 has upended communities and economies across the globe. Canadian political leaders have taken unprecedented steps to slow…
Fast Facts: Now, more than ever, we need Rent Assist helping Manitobans
Rent Assist is a made-in-Manitoba solution to housing need: a province-wide rent supplement program that helps lower-income renters in the private market to afford housing…
Assisting Renters
Manitoba’s Rent Assist in the Context of Canada’s National Housing Strategy Download 3.37 MB 88 pages Assisting Renters examines how Manitoba’s Rent Assist program fits…
Fast Facts: Palliser Blaming, Punishing the Poor
This past week saw a new low with our provincial government singling out and imposing shame and burden on lower income families in Manitoba. Most…
Fast Facts: Manitoba’s Losing its Edge:
It’s time to Reject Austerity First published in the Winnipeg Free Press March 3, 2020 January’s job numbers for Manitoba recently gained praise from Premier…
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