The Manitoba government says it will repeal a wage-freeze bill for public-sector workers, despite a recent court victory.It’s the latest sign of change under Premier Heather Stefanson, who has promised a more collaborative approach than Brian Pallister, who resigned in September.
The bill was passed in the legislature in 2017 and required a two-year wage freeze, followed by two years of limited raises, for each new public-sector collective agreement. The bill was never proclaimed into law, but unions said employers were acting as if it was firmly in place. A Court of Queen’s Bench judge struck down the wage freeze as unconstitutional last year, but that decision was overturned in October by the Manitoba Court of Appeal.
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