‘Epidemic’: Manitoba workplace violence continues to surge

By Toni De Guzman Global News

Posted July 14, 2026 7:20 am

Updated July 14, 2026 7:56 pm

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Click to play video: 'Report calls for better worker safety with workplace injuries from violence tripling in last decade' — A new report shows workplace injuries caused from violence tripled between 2015 to last year -- the increase also jumped 20 per cent in the last two years.

A report from the Manitoba Federation of Labour shows workplace injuries caused by violence tripled between 2015 and 2025.

Many of the affected sectors include people working in health care, education and emergency response.

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“Despite being bit, kicked, or spat upon, and hit, they go into work repeatedly to do the job they love to help students, to help patients, to help people,” said Kevin Rebeck, Manitoba Federation of Labour president.

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