Date: Friday, April 28, 2023

Time / Location:

11 a.m. SAFE Workers of Tomorrow Leaders’ Walk – participants gather at Union Centre, 275 Broadway

11:30 a.m. Leaders’ Walk begins and proceeds down Broadway to Memorial Park

Noon Media event/ceremony at the Workers’ Memorial in Memorial Park

Speaking:

Jon Reyes, Minister of Labour and Immigration

Jamie Hall, Vice President, SAFE Work Manitoba, WCB

Kevin Rebeck, President, Manitoba Federation of Labour

Michelle Bergen, President, CUPE Local 998, and Co-Chair, Manitoba Federation of Labour Workplace Safety and Health Committee

Malcolm Welch, Vice-President, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 832, and Member, Manitoba Federation of Labour Workplace Health and Safety Committee

Contact: Andrea Di Ubaldo

Manager of Communications
WCB and SAFE Work Manitoba
(204) 954-4666

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