Canadian Labour Reporter

February 26, 2018

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2 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 Unifor testifi es against workplace surveillance OTTAWA — Unifor testified in the Senate on Feb. 13 against the federal government's proposed workplace surveillance legisla- tion. "Video-recording workers on the job is a surveillance tool, pure and simple," said Jerry Dias, Unifor president. "We've campaigned against this over-reach from employers from the start. Managerial video surveillance cannot become the government standard," said Dias. Bill C-49, Transportation Modernization Act, proposes to require all railway operators to install and use locomotive voice and video recorders (LVVRs). Unifor said the government has provided little evidence to dem- onstrate how LVVRs will be an improvement over "black box" data recorders already on trains. Unifor says Bill C-49 marks a significant intrusion on the pri- vacy of employees in the railway industry in exchange for a lim- ited benefit to rail safety. "If open-ended surveillance of the kind proposed in Bill C-49 is allowed to become law, it sets a dangerous precedent for work- ers in other sectors," said the union. Strike ends at Motor City Chrysler in Windsor, Ont. WINDSOR, Ont. — Unifor, Lo- cal 195 members ratified a new contract on Feb. 15 with Motor City Chrysler in Windsor, Ont., bringing a two-week strike to an end. Contract negotiations broke off on Jan. 16, after Motor City Chrysler repeatedly refused to remove concessions from its offer. Members began strike action on Jan. 31 and a tenta- tive contract was reached after two weeks of picketing, said the union. Unifor, Local 195 represents two bargaining units consisting of office sales, finance and cleri- cal workers, shop technicians and parts workers. The strike mandate was au- thorized with a vote of 94 per cent by the office unit and 100 per cent by the shop unit, ac- cording to Unifor. Deal ratifi ed at St. omas Health Centre in Edmonton EDMONTON — St. Thomas Health Care members voted on Feb. 14 in favour of ratifying a tentative agreement reached with the employer last month. The agreement includes a wage increase of one per cent in the second year. Those increases led to the establishment of the new wage grid with initial place- ment on the grid based on the wage rate employees had as of October 2017, said the Alberta Union of Public Employees (AUPE). Each step forward on the grid represents a 2.5 per cent increase in an employee's wage rate. All employees advance on the grid when they have worked 1,957.5 hours, said AUPE. Further highlights of the ten- tative agreement include notice of sub-contracting article, an al- ternative dispute resolution pro- cess, a $0.25 increase to all shift and weekend premiums effec- tive upon ratification and Boxing Day added to named holidays, 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: $610 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.thomsonreuters.ca 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 © 2018 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: Yonhap via (Reuters) LABOUR LENS Members of the GM Korea union — a subcommittee of the Korea Metal Workers' Union — hold a meeting to demand GM Korea withdraw its plan to shut down Gunsan manufacturing plant in Gunsan, South Korea, on Feb. 14.

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