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December 4, 2017

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2 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 City of Moncton strike averted with deal MONCTON, N.B. — City Hall Employees Association (CHEA) members accepted a revised fi- nal offer received from the City of Moncton on Nov. 23. About 230 municipal employ- ees who are members of Pub- lic Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Local 60200 voted dur- ing meetings at a local church, said the union. "The members accepted the recommendation of their nego- tiating team and a majority voted in favour of accepting the final offer as a basis for the next col- lective agreement thus averting a possible labour dispute," said Colleen Coffey, PSAC regional executive vice-president for the Atlantic region. The previous agreement ex- pired Dec. 31, 2016. Canada Post, APOC sign agreement OTTAWA — Canada Post and the Association of Postal Offi- cials of Canada (APOC) signed a new three-year collective agreement Nov. 27, four months before the current agreement expires. "Achieving this agreement well in advance underscores the respectful, cooperative relation- ship between the parties," said Deepak Chopra, president and CEO of Canada Post. The agreement includes wage increases in every year and im- provements in health-care ben- efits, said Canada Post. APOC members had ratified a tentative agreement earlier in November. The new agreement takes ef- fect on April 1, 2018, immedi- ately after the current agreement expires. It will be in effect until March 31, 2021. APOC represents more than 3,500 supervisors and support staff, such as trainers and route- measurement officers and some employees in sales. OPSEU to challenge college back- to-work law TORONTO — The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) said on Nov. 23 it plans to challenge the Ontario govern- ment's recent back-to-work leg- islation in court. The province ended a five- week strike by Ontario college faculty on Nov. 20 by passing Bill 178 and the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Labour Dispute Resolution Act, 2017 on Nov. 19. "For over a decade, the Su- preme Court of Canada has viewed collective bargaining as a protected right under the charter," said Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU president. "More recently, the court has extended that protection to the right to strike." Thomas said the law violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, specifically Sec- tion 2 (d), which protects free- dom of association. On Nov. 16, hours after 86 per cent of college faculty had reject- ed the colleges' contract offer, Ontario premier Kathleen Wyn- ne met with both sides and gave them three hours to settle the strike, according to the union. Bill 178 gave OPSEU and the colleges 90 days to settle the cur- rent contract dispute at arbitra- tion, said the union. LABOUR BRIEFS 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: customersupport.legaltaxcanada@tr.com Website: www.carswell.com Director, Media Solutions, Canada 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 Sales Manager Paul Burton | (416) 649-9928 paul.burton@thomsonreuters.com Marketing Co-ordinator Keith Fulford | (416) 649-9585 keith.fulford@thomsonreuters.com © 2017 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: Peter Nicholls (Reuters) LABOUR LENS Britain's GMB union stages a protest outside parliament on the day Finance Minister Philip Hammond presents his budget in London, on Nov. 22.

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