Striking CFS workers take to picket line
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Workers with the Métis and Michif CFS agencies went on strike Tuesday after they say demands for wage parity with their provincial counterparts were not met in negotiations.
About 100 workers carried signs outside the Métis Child, Family and Community Services building at 2000 Portage Ave. on Tuesday morning.
Southeast Child and Family Services, which was also part of negotiations, reached a tentative deal Monday.
The workers at all three agencies are represented by the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union.
The MGEU said non-essential services, including visits with families and support work, will be reduced during the strike.
The union previously said 170 Southeast workers have been without a contract since March 31, 2022, and that 220 and 110 workers at the Métis and Michif agencies have been without contracts since Jan. 31, 2023.
