Manitoba Labour and Immigration
Manitoba Labour Board
500-175 Hargrave Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R3C 3R8
Phone : (204) 945-3783
Facsimile : (204) 945-1296
Board members
Employer Representatives
Jim H. Baker
Victor W. Becker
Elizabeth M. (Betty) Black
Christiane Devlin
Robert N. Glass
Colleen Johnston
Paul J. LaBossiere
Chris Lorenc, B.A., LL.B.
Yvette Milner
Maurice D. Steele
Darcy Strutinsky
Denis E. Sutton
Jim Witiuk
Mel V. Wyshynski
Appointed in 2000, he is president and CEO of the Manitoba Hotel Association (MHA). Prior to his employment with the MHA, Mr. Baker was a partner in a chartered accountancy firm for 20 years. He is a past executive member of the Hotel Association of Canada and past chair of the Manitoba Tourism Education Council. He was co-chair of the athletes' villages during the 1999 Pan Am Games and has been active as a community volunteer.
Appointed in 2006, he had been vice president of Empire Iron Works Ltd. for 20 years and had worked in the steel industry for 38 years with Dominion Bridge and Empire Iron. Mr. Becker graduated from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba. He is presently on the board of directors for the Construction Labour Relations Association of Manitoba and has been past chairman of the Manitoba Erectors Association. Mr. Becker had been on the board of directors of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction for 28 years and on its executive committee for 20 years.
Appointed in 1985, she is a Fellow, Certified Human Resource Professional and holds a Certificate from the University of Manitoba in Human Resource Management. Ms. Black has been employed in senior human resource management positions in a variety of organizations since 1972. She is a member of the Human Resources Management Association of Manitoba and has served as president and chair of the Strategic Advisory Council. She has also instructed in the Human Resource Management Certificate Program at the University of Manitoba.
Appointed in 2002, she has held senior management positions in which she integrated human resource management with business needs including communication and printing, agriculture, manufacturing, health care retail and co-operatives businesses. Ms. Devlin's human resource management experience includes both unionized and non-unionized workplaces.
Appointed in 2008, Mr. Glass is a Labour Relations/Personnel Consultant-Negotiator with professional qualifications and extensive experience in labour/management relations including negotiation of contracts, collective agreement interpretation and an in-depth knowledge of organized labour, employment policy, hazard control and loss management. He has experience in the communications industry, government, health care and the construction industry. His educational background is from the University of Manitoba, University of Montreal, Safety Leadership Programs and Human Resource Professional Certification.
Appointed in 1993, she is the manager of Human Resources for the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission and the president of Integre Human Resource Consulting. Mrs. Johnston is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Education and is a Fellow of the Certified Human Resource Professionals. She is a past president of the Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba (HRMAM), a founding director of the Canadian Council of Human Resource Associations and a former member of the Regulatory Review Committee of the Canada Labour Code in Ottawa. She has represented Canadian employers at the United Nations in Geneva and is currently an active member of the Designation Review Committee of the HRMAM as well as a member of the National Professional Practice Examination Committee.
Appointed in 1999, he is currently president of P.M.L. Maintenance Ltd. Mr. LaBossiere is past co-chair of the Employers Task Force on Workers Compensation, a member of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce's policy panels for civic affairs and taxation policy, parliamentarian and past president of the Building Owners and Managers Association, a member of the Manitoba Employers Council and is a frequent international speaker on issues pertaining to the maintenance and service industries. He is a member of the Prairie Theatre Exchange Foundation Trust. His past affiliations include vice-chair and treasurer of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce and on the Advisory Committee for the Continuing Education Department at the University of Manitoba.
Appointed in 2003, he is currently president of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association, president of the Infrastructure Council of Manitoba, president of the Western Canada Roadbuilders and Heavy Construction Association and founding member and chair of the Western Canada Transportation Systems Strategy Group. He has an extensive background in public policy writing related to trade and transportation, infrastructure, workplace safety and compensation. A lawyer by background, Mr. Lorenc graduated from the University of Manitoba with Bachelor of Arts and LL.B (law) degrees. He is a former Winnipeg city councilor having served for 9 years between 1983 and 1992. During his tenure on Council, he chaired a number of standing committees and held a variety of senior positions. He has also served and continues to serve on a number of boards of business, cultural, community and hospital organizations.
Appointed in 1996, she is president of On-Site Safety & Health Management Solutions, a consulting company specializing in assisting companies to manage the risk associated with injury and illness in the workplace. Ms. Milner has expertise and experience in human resources, safety and disability management with past work experience in the public and private sectors. Prior to her current consulting business, she led the Safety and Disability Management practice in the Winnipeg office of Deloitte & Touche. Active in the Winnipeg business community, Ms. Milner is involved in the Manitoba Employers Council and Employers Task Force on Workplace Safety and Workers Compensation. She is a board member of the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce and holds memberships in the Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba and the Manitoba Safety Council.
Appointed in 1999, he was president of M.D. Steele Construction Ltd. until his retirement in May 1999. Mr. Steele is president of Logan Farms Ltd. and Stradbrook Investments Ltd. both founding partners of the Land Owners Group. He is also vice-president of the AVL Limited Partnership representing lands north and west of Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. He has been involved for a number of years in the construction industry in a managerial capacity.
Appointed in 2008, Darcy Strutinsky is currently the Director of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Labour Relations Secretariat, representing health care employers throughout the province in collective bargaining and other labour relations matters. Previously he was engaged in providing human resource/labour relations services at the Health Sciences Centre, Seven Oaks General Hospital and University of Manitoba. Mr. Strutinsky is a member of the Manitoba Labour Management Review Committee Arbitration Advisory Sub-Committee and was a founding trustee of the Healthcare Employees Pension Plan.
Appointed in 1983, he has had extensive training in business administration and human resource management and has extensive experience in labour relations in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Sutton has served as chairperson of the Industrial Relations Committee, Manitoba Branch of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, chairperson of the Western Grain Elevator Association Human Resource Committee, chairperson of the Conference Board of Canada, Council of Human Resource Executives (West) and is an active member of many labour relations committees and associations. Mr. Sutton is presently employed as senior vice president of Human Resources at IMRIS Inc.
Appointed in 2004, he is currently director of Labour Relations for Canada Safeway Limited with responsibility for labour relations matters in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario. Mr. Witiuk sits on a number of trusteed health and welfare and pension plans as a management trustee and is a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. He is a past member of the Employment and Immigration Board of Referees. He currently serves on the provincial government's Labour Management Review Committee, serves on that group's Arbitration Advisory Sub-Committee and is an active member of the Manitoba Employers Council. He is a graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa.
Appointed in 2004, he retired from Inco Limited, Manitoba Division in late 2001 after a 40 year career in the mining industry. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Wyshynski was president of the division and had held that position since 1997. He is also past president of the Mining Association of Manitoba Inc. He is actively involved in the Dauphin community where he sits on a number of volunteer boards and is associated with many community initiatives. In addition to this, he is involved with a number of organizations. In 2006, he was appointed a director of Smook Brothers (Thompson) Ltd.
