Strike Deadline set for Michif and Métis family services, impacting Portage – PortageOnline
Mar 13 2025
The Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU) is facing the possibility of a strike this month, as negotiations with employers remain at a standstill. Portage la Prairie has an office with families serviced in the city and area. The office opened in May 2019.
Strike deadline set for March 25
MGEU President Kyle Ross says three Child and Family Services (CFS) groups voted in favour of strike action some time ago, following what he describes as a difficult round of bargaining.
“We’ve had not a whole lot of success at the bargaining table, so we most recently issued strike notice. We’ve given two weeks’ notice that, provided we don’t get a collective agreement that we can bring out to the members, then we’ll take the unfortunate step of taking job action. That deadline is March 25,” Ross says.
