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February 17, 2020
Labour Reporter
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'Sole-source' guarantee not enough
to keep Ontario auto-parts plant open
A MULTINATIONAL company's agreement
that its Ontario facility would be the sole source of
a product didn't keep it from closing the plant and
moving production when the plant was no longer
economically viable.
Nemak of Canada was part of a multinational
conglomerate that operated a plant in Wind-
sor, Ont. that manufactured auto parts. In 2015
the company realized that work for the Windsor
plant would run out by 2019 and it would prob-
ably have to close the plant. However, there was
an opportunity to take over a contract from its
Mexican facility that would give the Windsor
plant work until 2023.
In order to take over the contract, however,
Nemak had to ensure cost certainty. In Febru-
ary 2016, the company asked the union to extend
the existing collective agreement, which expired
in 2019. In return, Nemak would commit to per-
forming all the work from the new contract in
'Major victory'
Montreal university staff
get pay equity win after
tribunal ruling
Alberta worker reinstated after
dismissal for unauthorized absences
AN ALBERTA worker commit-
ted serious misconduct by taking
time off and driving a company
van home during several work-
days, but dismissal was excessive
given his service and his reason
for the misconduct.
First Student was an Edmon-
ton-based company operating
school buses and charter buses. It
hired Stephan Marusiak in 2002
and he eventually took on the role
of a shop service person. His job
responsibilities included ensur-
ing buses were ready to go in the
morning and performing minor
GOVERNMENT
City of Calgary
Calgary
(4,200 municipal employees) and the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 38
Renewal agreement: Effective
March 15, 2019 to Jan. 1, 2021.
Ratified on March 15, 2019.
Signed on Sept. 16, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Dec. 23, 2019: 1.5%
Shift premium: 5% higher
than current rate of pay for
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Garda Security Screening — Ontario pg. 4 Saputo Dairy Products
— Alberta pg. 4 Thompson Rivers University – British Columbia
pg. 5 Caesars Windsor — Ontario pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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see Misconduct > pg. 8
see Nemak > pg. 8
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