As of Monday morning, 1,700 members of the Manitoba Government and General Employees Union (MGEU) have walked out on their jobs at Manitoba Public Insurance across the province.
Ross said the walkout includes unionized workers from a wide range of positions at the Crown corporation.
“There’s 1,700 workers — that’s from the call centre, estimators, adjustors, IT folks. … It’s a large corporation with a vast group of workers. All the service centre reps will be out as well.”In a statement Saturday, MPI said its comprehensive offer would provide unionized employees with guaranteed 17 per cent increases over four years, and they’ve also offered to go to binding arbitration to resolve the dispute over general wage increases.
The union, however, has described the wage offer as not being a true 17 per cent increase because it includes one-time payments as well as some non-wage items.“The employer final-offered us and then came with a little bit sweeter offer, but they’re mischaracterizing the deal, and we just want to bargain a fair deal. We’d much rather be working.”
MPI said it has plans to continue service through the strike, including keeping its contact centre open for reporting personal injury claims, non-drivable collision claims and total theft claims.
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