The Manitoba Association of Crown Attorneys says mediation with the provincial government related to a grievance over longstanding workload concerns was unsuccessful.

The grievance was filed more than two years ago by the union for Crown prosecutors and other government lawyers.

The matter had initially been scheduled to go to arbitration this week, but the association said it instead agreed to mediation. However, that process broke down.

“We’re disappointed that the province did not take this opportunity to meaningfully engage,” union president and senior Crown prosecutor Michael Desautels said in a news release Friday.

He said proposed changes to the Criminal Code, tabled in Parliament by the government this week, will further increase workloads.

“We are, frankly, astonished by the

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