WINNIPEG --
The Automotive Trades Association of Manitoba is seeking a court injunction over a terminated compensation agreement with Manitoba Public Insurance.
The group, which represents 232 auto body repair shops in the province, filed a statement of claim in Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench Apr. 1. The claim alleges MPI pressured shops to enter into individual compensation agreements by Apr. 14 or face operating sanctions.
While the group now says shops are no longer facing those same sanctions from MPI if they don’t sign by next week, it wants an arbitrator to get involved to help the two sides hammer out a new deal.