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Complaint
fi led against
Quebec
premier
MONTREAL — The Syndicat
des Métallos/United Steelwork-
ers (USW) filed a complaint on
June 10 with the International
Labour Organization (ILO)
against the government of Que-
bec.
The USW complaint cites vio-
lations of the ILO's Convention
on Freedom of Association and
Protection of the Right to Or-
ganize, the Declaration on Fun-
damental Principles and Rights
at Work as well as the Tripartite
Declaration of Principles Con-
cerning Multinational Enter-
prises and Social Policy, said the
union.
"By (Quebec Premier François
Legault's) statements aimed at
discrediting the trade union pos-
ition by repeatedly describing it
as 'unreasonable,' the premier
came to put all his weight behind
the company in a negotiation in
the private sector. He took up the
cause of the management party.
This is contrary to international
law and we are asking the Inter-
national Labour Organization
to take charge of the case," said
Alain Croteau, USW Quebec
director.
More than 1,000 workers,
members of USW Local 9700,
were locked out of their jobs in
January 2018 by ABI, co-owned
by aluminum giants Alcoa and
Rio Tinto.
Vancouver
K-12 workers
reach tentative
agreement
VANCOUVER — K-12 support
workers — members of the Ca-
nadian Union of Public Employ-
ees (CUPE), Local 15 reached
a tentative agreement on June
5 with the Vancouver School
Board.
"Both bargaining teams
worked well together and rec-
ognized the needs and concerns
of our members," said Warren
Williams, CUPE 15 president.
"After 20 years, we finally had
the opportunity to bargain col-
lectively, with fewer restraints."
A full and comprehensive re-
view of the current collective
agreement was carried out and
ongoing issues were addressed,
said Kathie Currie, staff repre-
sentative for CUPE 15 and lead
negotiator. The two bargaining
committees met nine times pri-
or to reaching a tentative agree-
ment, said the union.
The current K-12 agreement
expires on June 30, said CUPE.
Ratification is expected to be
completed by the end of June,
said the union.
Agreement
signed at
Caressant
care facility
COBDEN, Ont. — A United
Steelworkers union (USW) set-
tlement with a long-term care
facility in Cobden, Ont., on June
10 recognizes the growing issues
of staffing and increased levels of
care.
"In short, this settlement is
a step forward for these 138
members of our union," said
Marty Warren, USW Ontario
director. "At the same time,
however, due to government
austerity and the consequent
restraint practised by boards
of arbitration, wage increases
tend to be below the rate of in-
flation."
The settlement at Caressant
Care Nursing and Retirement
Homes involves two collective
agreements for members of
USW, Local 6936. The three-
year agreements will see wages
increase by a total of 4.5 per cent
in the nursing home and by six
per cent in the retirement home.
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