{"id":887232,"date":"2026-09-07T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/887232\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T22:30:11","slug":"winnipeg-labour-day-celebrations-cancelled-due-to-poor-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/887232\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Labour Day celebrations cancelled due to poor weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Labour Council cancelled its Labour Day family fun day because of forecasted rain Monday.<\/p>\n<p>But city unions say people should still take the time to observe the holiday and recognise the contributions of workers.<\/p>\n<p>Manitoba\u2019s Minister of Labour and Immigration Malaya Marcelino and Minister of Families, Nahanni Fontaine, who were scheduled to speak at the event, released a statement instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to stand with workers and unions who have fought for safer, fairer and more inclusive workplaces. Their advocacy has helped make Manitoba a better place to work, and we will continue working alongside them to build on that progress,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we celebrate the workers who keep Manitoba moving forward and reaffirm our commitment to making sure every Manitoban can earn a good living in a workplace where they are treated with dignity, fairness and respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manitoba nurses\u2019 union president Darlene Jackson says there were other ways to show support despite the weather interfering with celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust appreciating the fact that unions have negotiated things for their members that we\u2019ve been able to get for every Manitoban and Canadian,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson added that Manitobans can show support beyond labour day during union actions like the Dynacare strike set to start Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re driving past the picket lines, give them a honk,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop if you have time and walk their picket line with them for a bit and support the fact that they are owned by a for-profit American company and their salaries are 30-50 per cent lower than unionized workers at Shared Health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788820211_389_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Winnipeg Labour Council cancelled its Labour Day family fun day because of forecasted rain Monday. But city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-887232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}