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Youth facility
workers vote
in favour of
contract
HAMILTON, Ont. — The
four-month lockout at the Arrell
Youth Centre in Hamilton, Ont.,
is over as 60 members of Ontario
Public Service Employees Union
(OPSEU), Local 216 voted nar-
rowly in favour of an agreement
reached on Aug. 20.
The workers were locked out
on April 27, 2018, after refusing
to accept significant claw-backs
to their contract, but they forced
the employer to back down, said
the union.
They rejected a tentative
agreement reached earlier in
August, forcing the employer
back to the table, according to
OPSEU.
Strike action
closer at
TVA Montreal:
CUPE
MONTREAL — Conflict con-
tinues between Groupe TVA
and its unionized employees
who reiterated their intentions
on Aug. 26 to boost pressure tac-
tics, up to and including strike
action.
About 830 employees of TVA
Montreal have been without a
collective agreement since Dec.
31, 2016.
"Our objective remains to
negotiate a satisfactory collec-
tive agreement for both par-
ties," said Marc-André Hamelin,
Montreal president of the Cana-
dian Union of Public Employees
(CUPE), Local 687.
"However, the issues relating
to jobs being assigned to TVA
affiliates and Quebecor and po-
sition vacancies have to be re-
solved, and to do this, support
from our membership is essen-
tial," said Hamelin.
Numerous union members
gathered at the Centre Saint-
Pierre in Montreal to attend the
negotiation meeting and again
gave their bargaining commit-
tee a strong mandate, as they
had done on June 19, said the
union.
Several recent conciliation
meetings yielded little progress,
according to CUPE.
On Aug. 23, the bargaining
committee agreed to extend the
conciliation period by a week,
thereby pushing back the right
to strike or lock out to Sept. 22,
said the union.
For several months, the union
has been critical of work —
which is normally done by TVA
employees exclusively — being
transferred to other Quebecor
affiliates such as Quebecor Me-
dia or even to MELS Studios and
Postproduction (which is part of
the TVA Group), according to
CUPE.
Quebec
Molson-Coors
workers sign
agreement
QUEBEC — United Food and
Commercial Workers Canada
(UFCW), Local 501 members at
Molson-Coors achieved a new
contract on Aug. 20 that will
affect about 115 employees in
Quebec.
Working at Molson-Coors
locations in Quebec City, Trois-
Rivières and Val-d'Or, Local 501
employees will see gains with
their new contract, including
annual wage increases between
one and 1.5 per cent for work-
ers at the end rate on the wage
scale, a $1,000 signing bonus, a
$500 lump-sum payment in the
second year of the deal and an
increase to the DC pension plan,
said the union.
Employees will also receive
$250 per year of eligibility for
putting money into an RRSP,
a $55 premium for night stays
away from home and an in-
crease to the boot allowance,
said UFCW.
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