MPI strike continues as union members vote to reject latest offer | CBC News
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Striking Manitoba Public Insurance workers rejected the latest offer from the Crown corporation in a vote Monday night, after the new NDP government ordered its newly-appointed board back to the negotiating table in an effort to end the months-long strike.
The Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union announced the result of the vote Monday evening.
It means the provincewide strike, which began on Aug. 28, will continue, MGEU said in a news release.
The release did not include a breakdown of how many members voted to accept or reject the offer.
After clearing the MPI board of all but one of its members appointed by the previous Progressive Conservative government, newly-appointed minister in charge of MPI Matt Wiebe had given explicit instructions to the new board to offer workers a new deal, rather than go to arbitration.
MPI’s latest offer would have provided wage increases of 12.2 per cent over four years, with three per cent increases in 2022 and 2023, 2.9 per cent in 2024, and 3.3 per cent in 2025.
It also would have included a one-time lump-sum signing bonus of $1,800 per full-time employee (pro-rated for part-time employees).
In a release on Sunday, MGEU president Kyle Ross called the latest offer an improvement, but said it still fell short of expectations set by the new government.
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