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Victoria
public-library
employees
endorse strike
VICTORIA — The Canadian
Union of Public Employees
(CUPE), Local 410 members, who
work for the Greater Victoria Pub-
lic Library in British Columbia,
voted more than 85 per cent in fa-
vour of strike action on Nov. 4.
The vote comes on the heels
of talks breaking off between the
union and representatives of the
Greater Victoria Public Library
and Greater Victoria Labour Re-
lations Association on Nov. 3.
"After bargaining collabora-
tively for more than a year to
make significant progress on key
issues, the employer presented
workers with a list of concession
demands," said Helen Hughes,
CUPE 410 president.
"The employer refuses to
move on its concession de-
mands."
The proposed concessions
related to the extent and nature
of precarious work, the rules and
wages related to scheduling dur-
ing normal weekend days and
the use of student employees in
place of existing, long-serving
auxiliary staff, said the union.
"The employer proposes to
save tens of thousands of dollars
annually by replacing existing
employees with more precari-
ous staff who are paid less and
have fewer workplace rights,"
said Hughes. "
The employer reported that it
would be applying to the B.C. La-
bour Relations Board to have a
mediator appointed, said CUPE.
CUPE 410 represents 240
workers at the Greater Victoria
Public Library located at sites
across the capital region.
Dicom drivers
join Teamsters
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. —
Teamsters successfully organized
drivers at parcel-delivery com-
pany Dicom in Drummondville,
Que.
The application for union
certification was submitted on
Oct. 31 by Teamsters, Local 931.
After an organizing blitz, the 15
drivers chose to be represented
by a union for the first time in
the company's history, said the
union.
"The drivers weren't satisfied
with their working conditions
and that's why they joined our
union," said Gerry Boutin, presi-
dent of Local Union 931.
Teamsters represent 125,000
members in Canada in all indus-
tries.
The International Brother-
hood of Teamsters, with which
Teamsters Canada is affiliated,
represents 1.4 million workers in
North America.
Agreement
at Cedarcroft
in Stratford,
Ont., ratifi ed
STRATFORD, Ont. — Members
of the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM), Local 103 rati-
fied a new collective agreement
on Oct. 26 with Cedarcroft Place
Retirement Residence in Strat-
ford, Ont.
"The members were success-
ful in getting an arbitrator to
award several wage adjustments
as well as general wage increas-
es," said Kim Valliere, IAM dis-
trict lodge 78 business represen-
tative.
Other agreement highlights
include improved vision-care
benefits, improved life-insur-
ance benefits, improved nurse-
in-charge premium and the es-
tablishment of an employer-paid
RSP plan, according to IAM.
The 56 employees consist of
registered professional nurses,
UCPs (Unregulated Care Pro-
viders), dietary aides, reception-
ist and housekeeping staff.
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