{"id":1460,"date":"2025-05-22T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2025-10-06T10:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T16:24:16","slug":"mts-106th-annual-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/mts-106th-annual-general-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"MTS 106th Annual General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AGM Resolution Results<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 22, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Life Membership Award Recipient<\/strong>: Anne Lindsay, Thompson Teachers\u2019 Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1922 Award Recipient<\/strong>: John Bock, Interlake Teachers\u2019 Association<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hon. Tracy Schmidt, Minister of Education and Early Childhood sent greetings from the Manitoba government and voiced her support for public education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other speakers included Kevin Rebeck, President of the Manitoba Federation of Labour, Heidi Yetman, President of the Canadian Teachers\u2019 Federation, and Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 23, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was resolved that the policy on the provision of legal services for members be clarified that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provision of Legal Services to Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Society will offer provide its Members with legal services in the form of a lawyer chosen, retained and funded by the Society in the following circumstances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a) a child abuse complaint has been filed against the Member, including civil action, if evidence exists that the child abuse complaint was made maliciously is directly related to the Member\u2019s employment as a teacher; (b) defamatory statements have been made about a Member, if the defamatory statements are directly related to the Member\u2019s employment as a teacher; (c) representation in arbitration proceedings under section 92 of The Public Schools Act when a Member\u2019s employment has been terminated; (d) a Member has been charged with offences under federal or provincial legislation when if those offences are directly related to the Member\u2019s professional duties employment as a teacher; and (e) representation in proceedings respecting teacher certification and classification in Manitoba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Circumstances (a) \u2013 (e) are limited to a Member\u2019s employment in Manitoba by a school division or district, or First Nation or First Nation Education Authority where the Society is the bargaining agent for teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ongoing provision and funding of legal services by the Society will be informed by the following: (a) a staff officer of the Society will be assigned to the Member\u2019s case and be involved in such communications as between legal counsel and the Member as counsel determines appropriate; (b) legal counsel\u2019s assessment of the Member\u2019s case will be provided to the Society on an ongoing basis; (c) having regard to legal counsel\u2019s professional obligations and the stage of proceedings, the legal counsel chosen will no longer be able to represent the Member if the Society decides, in its sole discretion, that it will no longer continue to provide legal representation; and A Member is free to decide to retain their own legal counsel, at their expense, at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amendment to the Society\u2019s Mission Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delegates voted to amend that the Mission of the Society be changed to include equity and social justice to state as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Society, as a union and professional organization, is dedicated to advancing and safeguarding the welfare of teachers, the status of the teaching profession, and the cause of public education in Manitoba, and equity and social justice within the education system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 24, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indigenous Position on the PX and Representatives at Provincial Council<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A unanimous decision was passed that one Indigenous Member-at-Large position be created on the Provincial Executive. This position will be an addition to President, Vice-President, and 10 Members-at-Large. It was also resolved that four representatives from the Circle of Indigenous Educators, Elders, and Knowledge Keepers are invited to attend Provincial Council Meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temperature Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was resolved that The Manitoba Teachers\u2019 Society lobby the Manitoba government to include indoor workplace minimum and maximum temperature guidelines in the Manitoba Safety and Health Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training on The Framework for Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was resolved that the Society lobby the Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning for adequate training on the implementation of The Framework for Learning which meets the diverse needs of Members. This strategy should include adequate funding for release time, required resources for effective implementation, and continued support as teachers roll out the framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025-2026 Member Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new MTS member fee for 2025-2026 will be $1287.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hon. Tracy Schmidt, Minister of Education and Early Childhood sent greetings from the Manitoba government and voiced her support for public education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","post-thumbnail-displayed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3064,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions\/3064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}