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New labour
board vice-
chairperson
appointed
REGINA — Barbara Mysko was
appointed as the vice-chairper-
son of the Saskatchewan Labour
Relations Board on Feb. 21.
Mysko replaced Justice
Graeme Mitchell, who was ap-
pointed to the Court of Queen's
Bench in September 2018, said
the board.
"Mysko is a welcome addition
to the board, bringing significant
labour and employment law ex-
perience to the role," said Don
Morgan, Labour Relations and
Workplace Safety minister. "Her
extensive knowledge of consti-
tutional law, human rights law
and government processes and
her active involvement with the
Law Society of Saskatchewan
enable her to consider issues
brought to the board with fair-
ness and neutrality."
After earning a bachelor of
arts in international studies at
the University of Saskatchewan
and a master of arts in interna-
tional development at Dalhousie
University, Mysko received her
bachelor of civil law and bach-
elor of common law from Mc-
Gill University in 2005. She was
called to the bar in 2007. Since
2009, she worked as crown coun-
sel at the Ministry of Justice, first
in the Civil Law Division before
moving to the Constitutional
Law Branch in 2011. Mysko was
Saskatchewan's representative
for the National Inquiry into
Missing and Murdered Indig-
enous Women and Girls, said
the board.
The Saskatchewan Labour
Relations Board is a quasi-judi-
cial tribunal that adjudicates dis-
putes under the Saskatchewan
Employment Act and deals with
applications for union certifica-
tion or decertification.
Riobel workers
in Saint-
Jérôme, Que.,
sign fi rst deal
SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. —
United Food and Commercial
Workers union (UFCW) Cana-
da, Local 1991P members at Rio-
bel in Saint-Jérôme, Que., signed
their first union contract on Feb.
21, gaining wage increases, new
benefits and improvements to
working conditions.
The 90 manufacturing em-
ployees work as clerks, forklift
truck operators, assemblers,
maintenance workers, and ma-
chinists at Riobel's Saint-Jérôme
plant, which produces faucets
and shower systems.
Under the new three-year
collective agreement, workers
will see the implementation of
a new wage scale that provides
wage increases of two to 17 per
cent (depending on job clas-
sification), the introduction of
the UFCW dental plan (funded
entirely by the employer and
providing members with 80 per
cent reimbursement for dental
care), better group-insurance
coverage, and more vacation
time, said the union.
CBC, CMG
reach tentative
5-year deal
TORONTO — CBC/Radio-
Canada and the Canadian Me-
dia Guild (CMG) agreed to a
five-year tentative agreement on
Feb. 15.
The agreement follows
months of discussions with CBC
on issues including temporary
and precarious employment,
scheduling and the wellbeing
of employees, Northern ben-
efits and compensation, said the
union.
Similar to past negotiations,
the parties relied on an interest-
based approach throughout the
bargaining process, said CMG.
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