WINNIPEG — The union for Manitoba Crown attorneys has filed new grievances related to health and security issues and a delay in filling senior roles, as part of their longstanding battle over heavy workloads and a shortage of staff.

The Manitoba Association of Crown Attorneys filed the two grievances against the provincial government in late August, said president Michael Desautels, a senior Crown prosecutor.

The first grievance is two-pronged. It focuses on concerns about air quality and asbestos remediation at the Woodsworth Building on Broadway and Kennedy Street — where the main prosecutions offices are located, along with other Manitoba Justice offices — as well as the security of the Crown prosecutions office in Dauphin, and the Winnipeg offices of other government lawyers represen

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