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Manitoba's public sector wage freeze bill violates Charter, court rules

from Global News

Manitoba's public sector wage freeze bill violates Charter, court rules Global News A Manitoba judge struck down the provincial government’s attempt to freeze the wages of more than 110,000 public sector workers last Thursday, calling the bill enacting the wage freeze unduly harsh and a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “I have concluded that the (bill) operates as a draconian measure that has inhibited and dramatically reduced the unions’ bargaining power and violates (charter) associational rights,”Queen’s Bench Justice Joan McKelvey wrote. READ MORE

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