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Ontario
college faculty
request 'no-
board' report
TORONTO — The union bar-
gaining team for 12,000 Ontario
college faculty has asked the con-
ciliator in its negotiations with
the College Employer Council
to issue a "no-board" report, a
move that will put the parties in
a legal strike or lockout position
by mid-October.
Under the Colleges Collective
Bargaining Act (CCBA), either
party can request a "no-board"
report, which is typically issued
within a few working days of the
request. From there, workers
can strike or their employer can
lock them out 16 days later.
"Unfortunately, our employ-
er's approach to this round is
based on demanding conces-
sions and refusing to engage
with our proposals at all," said
JP Hornick, Ontario Public Ser-
vice Employees Union (OPSEU)
bargaining team chair. "It is our
hope that a no-board report will
make the colleges see that the
way through the current im-
passe is through constructive
negotiation."
The union has not set a strike
date, according to Hornick. The
CCBA requires the parties to
give five days' notice of a strike
or lockout.
Domtar
workers
approve
agreement
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Mem-
bers of Unifor Local 10-B at the
Domtar Kamloops Mill in Kam-
loops, B.C., voted 80 per cent in
favour of a new four-year con-
tract Sept. 25, that helps secure
the future of the pulp mill with
significant investments over the
next two years, said the union.
The new collective agreement
commits the parties to finding
solutions on retiree health ben-
efits. It also works on retention
and training of trade workers
and streamlines administration
while improving benefits. The
gains will be important for the
next generation of mill workers
as a wave of retirements creates
openings, according to Unifor.
"It's our commitment to find-
ing innovative solutions that
resulted in a meaningful agree-
ment for both parties," said Jean-
Claude Allaire, general manager
of the mill.
The framework of the new
contract is built on Unifor's
Western Canada pulp-and-pa-
per pattern agreement.
Winnipeg
Gate Gourmet
employees
sign new deal
WINNIPEG — Employees at
Gate Gourmet in Winnipeg have
ratified a new five-year collective
agreement.
Under the new contract, the
United Food and Commercial
Workers Canada (UFCW) Lo-
cal 832 members will see wages
increase by 10.25 per cent. Other
monetary increases include: im-
proved dental plan and RRSP
contributions, an enhanced shoe
allowance and added coverage to
existing health and welfare ben-
efits, said the union.
"We didn't give the company
any concessions, and we man-
aged to improve language in
other areas of the contract," said
Martin Trudel, UFCW 832 head
negotiator.
Gate Gourmet is a provider of
airline catering and provisioning
services in Canada and around
the world.
Photo:
Wolfgang
Rattay
(Reuters)
LABOUR LENS
Three men wear masks depicting Heinrich Hiesinger, CEO of ThyssenKrupp AG, during a Thyssenkrupp
steel workers protest rally in Bochum, Germany, on Sept. 22, against the planned combination of the
group's European steel operations with those of Tata Steel.
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