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June 5, 2017
CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
Bell Canada
Multiprovince
(5,160 sales, service occupations) and Unifor
Renewal agreement: Effective
Feb. 23, 2017, to Nov. 30, 2020.
Signed on March 31, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Dec. 1, 2016: 1.75%
Effective Dec. 1, 2017: 1.75%
Effective Dec. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Dec. 1, 2019: 2%
Shift premium: $4.35 per
hour for shifts that start or end
between 12:01 a.m. and 5:59
a.m. One-quarter time extra for
Peat moss plant worker fired
after not responding to recall
A SEASONAL worker at a peat
moss factory was terminated
from his position after he didn't
respond to repeated requests via
phone and registered mail to re-
turn to work in the winter.
Leroy Savage worked at Les
Tourbières Berger in New Bruns-
wick as a gofer since 2011. His
main duties at the plant were
to test the soil conditioner as it
moved through processing ma-
chines.
Savage usually worked from
Late shift not weekend work
deserving of premium: Arbitrator
Hospital's Friday shift
not extended-tour shift
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ONTARIO arbitrator has denied a grievance
demanding a new late-Friday shift similar to that
in other units be counted as weekend work for
part-time nurses in a specific hospital unit.
Pembroke Regional Hospital in Pembroke,
Ont., had a collective agreement with the Ontario
Nurses' Union (ONA) with an hours-of-work
provision that outlined regular shifts of seven-
and-a-half hours plus a 30-minute meal break.
The agreement also allowed for "extended tours"
of 11.25 hours if nurses in the individual units
voted for it.
The collective agreement also stipulated
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Air Inuit — Multiprovince pg. 3 Cott Beverages Canada — Alberta pg. 4
Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation — Manitoba pg. 5
Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service — Ontario pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
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pg. 2
Loomis workers ratify deal
Agreement provides 10 per
cent wage hikes; pension boost;
eliminates contracting out
work: Unifor
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
British Columbia furnace operator fired after dangerous incident pg. 6
see 'Blurry' > pg. 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 8
