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Correctional
union accepts
Phoenix pay
agreement
CALGARY — While gathered
for its national general assembly
in Calgary on May 14, delegates
from the Union of Canadian
Correctional Officers (UCCO)
voted in favour of an agreement
with the Treasury Board, aimed
at compensating public service
workers — including correc-
tional officers — for problems
caused by the implementation
of the troubled Phoenix pay
system.
About 200 correctional offi-
cers from the country's 49 federal
correctional institutions adopt-
ed the agreement, which pro-
vides for immediate compensa-
tion for the correctional officers,
as well as the implementation of
a simplified process for claiming
and assessing compensation for
the entitlements pursuant to the
collective agreement as well as
the payment of damages, said
the union.
However, this agreement stip-
ulates that the employer always
has the obligation to stabilize the
pay system as quickly as possible
and does not release it from its
obligations to correctional offi-
cers who are still suffering from
Phoenix's failures, according to
UCCO.
The UCCO represents more
than 7,400 members across
Canada in 49 federal institu-
tions.
Agropur
workers in
Saint-Damase,
Que., sign deal
SAINT-DAMASE, Que. —
United Food and Commer-
cial Workers union (UFCW)
Canada, Local 1991P members
working at Agropur (Damafro)
in Saint-Damase, Que., signed
a new collective agreement on
May 9 that provides wage in-
creases and job security.
The new contract improves
working conditions for the 100
members working at the dairy
processing plant and includes
gains in non-monetary benefits
as well as wage increases of 9.65
per cent over five years, said the
union.
"This new contract will pro-
tect jobs and maintain excel-
lent working conditions at the
plant," said Mario Maison-
neuve, UFCW Canada, Local
1991P president.
UFCW Canada, Local 1991P
represents more than 5,600
employees working at 60 com-
panies across Quebec.
Health unit
nurses in
Ontario accept
new off er
WINDSOR, Ont. — After a
two-month strike, more than
80 nurse practitioners, pub-
lic health nurses and regis-
tered practical nurses with the
Windsor-Essex County Health
Unit voted to accept a new
contract on May 8.
"Members of the public came
out and joined our nurses on
the picket lines, donated funds
to help keep our nurses afloat,
brought hot drinks and food,
supported the nurses' communi-
ty fundraising efforts, and most
importantly, expressed their
support for the work our mem-
bers do," said Vicki McKenna,
Ontario Nurses' Association
(ONA) president.
The agreement was reached
with the assistance of a
mediator and the employer must
still vote on the deal, said the
union.
ONA represents more than
65,000 registered nurses and
health-care professionals, as
well as 18,000 nursing student
affiliates.
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