Some Manitoba Infrastructure seasonal employees, including the Dauphin Paint Crew, are expected to be out of a job when the construction season gets going.
The government is privatizing the maintenance road work and taking away around 50 jobs across the province.
“When we look at, for instance, the Dauphin Paint Crew, the folks that very proudly have done that work out of the Dauphin site. To know that those families, those employees, are not going to be called back to work, those are more families from Dauphin that are going to be affected. It’s going to affect the local economy of Dauphin.”
Michelle Gawronsky, president of MGEU says some of these employees have had the same job for more than 20 years and she doesn’t understand why employment isn't staying local.
“We know from when they did the sign crew. When they actually closed their doors. And any time you start affecting a smaller community that way it has really, really huge effects for the economy of that community.”
Not many details have been released by the province yet.
Gawronsky believes everyone should get a hold of their MLA and ask them what exactly their plans are and why they are making the cuts.
