Manitoba Regional Services: Partnership Initiatives and Funding Programs
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Winnipeg Labour Market Bulletin
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Information specific to: Winnipeg
Labour Force Survey figures (seasonally adjusted) for January, from Statistics Canada, reveal that Manitoba lost the distinction of having the second lowest unemployment rate in Canada when the unemployment rate moved up slightly to 5.1 percent from 5.0 percent in December., The Government of Manitoba announced that effective April 1, 2005 the provincial minimum wage will increase to $7.25 per hr. The new provincial minimum wage represents a 25 cent increase for workers earning the current $7.00 per hour minimum., Faneuil located on Broadway is one of Winnipeg's largest outsource call centres The contract provides a yearly wage increase for trained workers of 30 cents an hour this year, 25 cents an hour in 2006 and 30 cents hourly in 2007.