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2 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 Premium Plaza workers unionize WINNIPEG — Food-service workers at the Premium Plaza Lounge in the Winnipeg In- ternational Airport joined the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) Cana- da, Local 832 on March 2 after voting to unionize. "After constant late-payment issues, as well as sick leave prob- lems and missed overtime pay, workers at the Premium Plaza Lounge decided to unionize," says Jeff Traeger, UFCW Local 832 President. Tentative deal at Trent University PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — A tentative agreement was reached on Feb. 28 between Trent Univer- sity in Peterborough, Ont. and the union representing the insti- tution's part-time instructors. Negotiators for the Cana- dian Union of Public Employ- ees (CUPE), Local 3908-1, and Trent reached the deal following a marathon round of bargain- ing between the parties, who were assisted by provincially- appointed mediator Gerry Lee, says the union. A labour disruption was avert- ed ahead of a March 2 deadline, says CUPE. "This wouldn't have been possible had it not been for the extraordinary support we've re- ceived from students and student groups, faculty and the broader Trent and Peterborough commu- nities," says Mitch Champagne, CUPE 3908 president. BCGEU senior-care workers sign deal VICTORIA — Following six months of negotiations, more than 500 British Columbia Gov- ernment and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) members work- ing at Broadmead Care Society in Victoria ratified a deal on Feb. 26. Employees secured wage in- creases, weekend shift premi- ums and the continuation of short-term illness and injury plan benefits, says the union. "This news is most welcome in a sector that has been struggling for decades due to low wages and therefore the inability to retain qualified staff," says Stephanie Smith, BCGEU president. The government enacted leg- islation in the early 2000s that led to the deterioration of working conditions for health and social- sector workers, says BCGEU. The law stripped workplace protections and rights and en- abled contract-flipping which created lower wages. The gov- ernment repealed the laws in late 2018, says the union. Employees work as health- care workers, activity workers, social workers, therapy assistants and building-maintenance work- ers as well as in food service and administration. Bombardier Montreal workers agree to contract MONTREAL — Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and Bombardier Transportation in Montreal reached a tentative deal on Feb. 17 to renew the col- lective agreement for about 200 workers. The agreement applies to lo- comotive engineers, conductors and shop staff in Montreal, says the union. Long B.C. strike ends in settlement VICTORIA — Sixty Interna- tional Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Local 456 members working at three car dealerships in Nanai- mo and Victoria reached a ten- tative agreement with Subaru of Nanaimo, Mercedes-Benz Na- naimo and Three Point Motors Victoria on Feb. 13. The workers had been on strike since Dec. 13. The three-year agreement included wage increases, an increase in the tool allowance and a $1,000 signing bonus, says IAM. LABOUR BRIEFS GET LISTED IN THE HR VENDORS GUIDE Visit hrreporter.com/hr-vendors-guide HR Professional Development Description: Faccaerio. Name volore pre et atur. Cerumqui consedi seraectis eos magnisi nvenihi lliquist qui accum de pres experis testior eperest que ventust qui re volorum quatat. Ed et aut aut harunt aut fugitata iur. Cerumqui consedi seraectis eos magnisi nvenihi lliquist qui accum de pres experis testior eperest volorum quatat. Training and Development Description: Faccaerio. 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