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November 7, 2016

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Pepsico workers ratify agreement CALGARY — Members of the former Pepsico employees' asso- ciation overwhelmingly ratified their first agreement as Unifor Local 1410 members. The three-year deal includes wage gains, improved rights around scheduling and paid ed- ucation leave, according to the union. "The bargaining committee demonstrated strong leader- ship and dedication throughout these negotiations and secured a strong deal despite uncertain economic times in Alberta," said Joie Warnock, Unifor western director. The vote saw the agreement approved by 90 per cent of the membership. This is the first set of nego- tiations since the former Pepsico Beverages Employees' Associa- tion merged with Unifor in April 2015, according to the union. Unifor represents the 163 members at the Calgary facility and nearly 10,000 other mem- bers in the food and beverage sector across Canada. "We now have an agreement with much stronger language regarding health and safety, job security and seniority rights that we're all proud of," said Val Walk- er, president of Unifor ocal 1410. McGill staff launch strike MONTREAL — The Pub- lic Service Alliance of Canada and the Association of McGill University Support Employees (AMUSE) have ordered a five- day strike. "The employer is not taking us seriously," said Claire Michela, AMUSE president. "We have no other choice but to launch a strike this morning." The AMUSE contract expired on April 19, 2015, and there has been little progress in negotia- tions, according to the union. After 20 meetings — half of which were before a conciliator — AMUSE members gave their bargaining team a strike man- date on Oct. 20. Dominion workers ratify new labour agreement ST. JOHN'S — Unifor members of Local 597 at Dominion stores across Newfoundland and Lab- rador have ratified a new three- year collective agreement by an 84 per cent mandate. The deal includes annual wage increases for full-time and part- time employees, benefit im- provements and scheduling en- hancements among other gains, according to the union. "This is a good deal for Do- minion workers, and still among the best for unionized retail workers in the province," said Keith Osborne, Unifor director of retail. Senior full-time and part- time workers will receive a $1- per -hour pay increase over the life of the agreement and some members will receive as much as a seven per cent wage increase. Junior part-time workers will also receive negotiated pay in- creases in each year of the agree- ment, in addition to previously negotiated pay hikes based on seniority and hours worked, ac- cording to Unifor. The union also successfully negotiated a women's advocate position. The new agreement will ex- pire in April 2019. LABOUR BRIEFS 2 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 FORMERLY CLV REPORTS Serving labour relations professionals since 1956 www.labour-reporter.com Published weekly by omson Reuters Canada Ltd. Subscription rate: $595 per year Customer Service Tel: (416) 609-3800 (Toronto) (800) 387-5164 (outside Toronto) Fax: (416) 298-5106 Email: carswell.customerrelations@ thomsonreuters.com Website: www.carswell.com Director, Carswell Media Karen Lorimer Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Todd Humber Editor/Supervisor Sarah Dobson | (416) 649-7896 sarah.dobson@thomsonreuters.com News Editor John Dujay | (416) 298-5129 john.dujay@thomsonreuters.com Contributing Editor Jeff rey R. Smith Marketing Co-ordinator Keith Fulford | (416) 649-9585 keith.fulford@thomsonreuters.com © 2016 Carswell, a division of omson Reuters Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. e publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice. If legal or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. e analysis contained herein represents the opinion of the authors and should in no way be construed as being either offi cial or unoffi cial policy of any governmental body. ISSN 0045-5113 Publications Registration 2089 Canadian Labour Reporter is part of the Canadian HR Reporter group of publications. Visit www.hrreporter.com for more information. Labour Reporter Canadian www.labour-reporter.com Photo: Wolfgang Rattay (Reuters) LABOUR LENS Flight attendants of Lufthansa's budget airline Eurowings take part in a 24-hour strike over pay and working conditions at Cologne-Bonn, Germany, airport, on Oct. 27.

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