Manitoba Public Insurance sent out a media release on Monday (Aug 28) to update its operations during a strike by 1,700 employees.
It said “due to continued Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union strike action, all Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) locations will be closed and all scheduled appointments
will be cancelled until further notice. This includes all driver testing, estimating, adjusting and driver fitness appointments. Affected customers will be contacted to reschedule at a
later date. More information is available on MPI’s website at Our offer (mpi.mb.ca)
MPI has worked closely with its partners across the province to minimize the impacts customers may experience because of the strike action. In collaboration with these partners, the following services will continue:
• Customers with general inquiries or front-end service transactions, including licensing renewal and insurance payments can visit one of MPI’s nearly 300 broker partners. Find a broker in your community using our Find a Service tool at Find a Service (mpi.mb.ca)
• The MPI Contact Centre will remain open for reporting personal injury claims, non-drivable collision claims, and total-theft claims. Customers reporting all other passenger vehicle (car, SUV and light duty truck) claims can go to directly to an MPI-accredited repair shop for vehicle estimates and repairs, without calling MPI first. Find An Accredited Repair Shop (mpi.mb.ca)
• Essential services, such as income replacement payments for personal injury claimants, will continue uninterrupted.
MPI has said their latest offer includes overall increases of 17%, but the union says that’s not accurate because that includes one-time payments, and some non-wage items.
