OUR UNION, OUR PROFESSION, OUR FIGHT

Since the new year, MTS has squarely faced a variety of significant issues: vaccination priority for teachers and school staff, remote learning 2.0, Bill 64, The BEST strategy, Bill 45, and the list goes on. Individually, each of these challenges represents a clear and present danger to all that MTS, as a teachers' union, stands for and is built upon. It is against this backdrop that on Thursday, May 20, they celebrated a momentous victory - ratification of the 38th of 38 collective agreements between Manitoba Canada teachers and their employers, a historic and sweeping accomplishment of our 16,600 members, local leaders, and staff. In the weeks preceding the final settlement, their social media campaign #FairDealForTeachers trended broadly, and teachers across the province became a collective force. The final contract was ratified by members mere hours before Bill 45 received Royal Assent, the consequences of which would have cast a shadow on any bargaining in progress.