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Manitoba NDP to end ban on labour agreements that give non-union workers same benefits as union workers

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Manitoba’s NDP government is planning to lift a ban enacted by the former Progressive Conservative government on project labour agreements.

Tories canned practice, saying it drove up costs and discouraged non-union contractors from bidding for work

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Manitoba’s NDP government is planning to lift a ban on project labour agreements enacted by the former Progressive Conservative government. (Jaison Empson/CBC)

Manitoba’s NDP government is planning to lift a ban enacted by the former Progressive Conservative government on project labour agreements.

The agreements require that non-unionized workers on large government projects be governed by the same rules and benefits as their unionized counterparts.

The Tories banned the practice, saying it drove up costs and dissuaded non-union contractors from bidding for work.

But NDP Labour Minister Malaya Marcelino says the agreements control costs, reduce the risk of work stoppages and can increase safety.

Marcelino has put forward the change in a bill before the legislature.

The NDP has hinted other labour bills will come this spring, including one that could ban the use of replacement workers during strikes and lockouts.

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