Dozens laid off from Métis, Michif CFS agencies
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Sixty-five workers at Métis and Michif child and family services agencies were given layoff notices Thursday, the Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union says.
The MGEU said in a news release that 44 of the workers are at Métis Child and Family Services and 21 are at Michif Child and Family Services. The union represents 220 members at Métis CFS and 110 at Michif CFS.
Workers at both agencies have been without contracts since Jan. 31, 2023.
“These reckless layoffs threaten the safety and protection of at-risk children and youth,” MGEU president Kyle Ross said in a news release.
“We are aware that these agencies are receiving millions of dollars in increased funding for the coming year. So, there is simply no justification for these reckless cuts.
The layoff notices are clearly “an aggressive bargaining tactic” designed to intimidate front-line workers into accepting wages lower than other CFS workers across Manitoba, the release said.