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ARBITRATION
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see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Freebies lead to ring at Canada Post pg. 8
Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority pg. 3 Tat Express pg. 3
S. Huot pg. 4 Canada Safeway pg. 4 Kamloops Airport pg. 5
Travois Holdings (Mayfair Care Centre) pg. 5 Canada Safeway pg. 6
Sunset Manor pg. 6
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(Reuters)
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pg. 2
Ontario teachers ink deals with province
2-tiered bargaining system, funding for negotiations come under fire
BY SABRINA NANJI
AFTER MONTHS OF unrest, which saw a
labour board hearing and many strikes, On-
tario's teachers have inked tentative agree-
ments with the provincial government.
Negotiations over the past few months
managed to churn out five deals with the
province's elementary, secondary, Franco-
phone and Catholic teachers' unions.
But the new two-tiered bargaining system
might have failed to make the grade. In fact,
some classrooms could still see local job ac-
tion happening as local issues continue to be
hammered out.
That these talks were the first to take place
under Ontario's new bargaining design serves
as a litmus test for the two-tiered method.
Last year, education minister Liz San-
dals tabled legislation to overhaul the way
her department negotiates contracts in
schools. The School Boards Collective Bar-
gaining Act, otherwise known as Bill 122,
Nestlé's new payroll
system gets green light
FOOD AND beverage manu-
facturer Nestlé Canada got the
go-ahead from an arbitrator to
change its payroll practice at its
Ontario operation, despite the
union's objection.
Around October 2014, Nestlé
initially advised the union and
employees of its intention to
change its weekly payroll system
to a bi-weekly system.
Then, in May 2015, the employ-
er formally notified employees
it would be replacing the weekly
TRANSPORTATION
Western Canada Express
Toronto
(11 dockmen) and the Teamsters Canada Local 938
Renewal agreement: Effective
Oct. 1, 2014, to Sept. 30, 2019.
Signed on March 26, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Signing bonus: $750
Effective Oct. 1, 2016: Lump
sum payment of $350
Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 1%
Calculated by CLR.
Shift premium: 10¢ per hour
Teachers rally outside Queen's Park in Toronto during tumultuous talks with the province.
OPSEU calls for security
for health-care staff
Union demands protections
be put in place
following attacks
see Arbitration > pg.8
see Payout > pg. 7
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