Description: Workers at Manitoba’s public auto insurance authority have agreed to a four-year contract with a two-year wage freeze and improved benefits.

Source: Canadian Labour Reporter

Date: 02/05/2013

Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/17223-manitoba-insurance-employees-ratify-new-agreement

Related links:

• CBC story
• Manitoba Public Insurance
• Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union statement
• MGEU

Questions for discussion:

• What is the overall wage increase in this agreement?
• What are the non-wage features of this agreement?
• Given what you know, do you think this is a reasonable agreement?
• Why or why not?
• The union statement does not include the expression “wage freeze.” Why do you think this is?