WAB KINEW NDP PREMIER - PROVINCE OF MANITOBA PROTECTING MANITOBA JOBS FOR MANITOBANS Written by Premier Wab Kinew One of the great days in my time as Premier so far We’ve made worksites safer for apprentices, by was when I stood shoulder to shoulder with LIUNA bringing back the 1:1 ratio and restoring the workers to announce our once-in-a-generation Workplace Safety and Health Committee, so everyone progress for working Manitobans. in our province can go to work with the knowledge they’ll come home safe at the end of the day. Together, we announced new legislation to make it easier for the working person in our province to join Together, we are building a stronger workforce and a the workforce, join a Union and join the middle class. stronger economy for Manitoba, where people can 10 secure good jobs and afford to raise a family. Our 2 progress has been shaped by workers like you – 0 E In the biggest change to labour law in a generation, people who get up every day and head out the door to U S our government has introduced legislation to ban build energy projects, hospitals, and schools. S I | replacement workers. With this new bill, no one in 4 2 Manitoba will be able to undermine your legal right The work you do is essential, but for too long, 0 2 to strike by hiring someone to take your job. Manitoba workers had to contend with a government R E that ignored this. Instead, they focused on dividing B We’re bringing in single step certification – making people and driving up the provincial deficit. M E T it easier for workers to organize and form a union. P E S