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March 11, 2019
Worker grieves as less-senior
coworker wins lead-hand job
EVEN THOUGH he was the
most senior candidate when a
lead-hand position was posted,
a Harbour Grace, N.L. employee
was not promoted.
George Verge applied for the
open position on May 2018, that
was posted after the previous
lead-hand resigned. While the
former lead-hand considered
whether or not to resign, John
Mercer, supervisor, had placed
Verge into the lead-hand slot
on numerous occasions, as a
Toronto seniors' home workers protest
after switch to all-electronic pay slips
WHEN A Toronto retirement community
switched its payroll system so that employees
could only access them online, it caused problems
for many of them.
Employees at the Bradgate Arms, located in
central Toronto, were advised in the summer of
2017 by the employer, Revera, that it would soon
stop issuing paper-copy pay slips.
During the period between July 17 and August
14, workers were advised on numerous occasions
that they must register with the proprietary My
Self Service (MSS) system to access pay state-
ments, benefit information, T4s and view their
personal contact information.
Most of the workers registered and in October,
the company moved to all-electronic pay slips and
it stopped issuing paper statements.
On the Oct. 19 pay slip, employees saw a writ-
ten message that said: "Effective Nov. 2, 2017, you
will no longer receive a paper copy of your pay
EDUCATION
SAIT
Calgary
(954 instructors, librarians, educational counsellors) and
the SAIT Academic Faculty Association (SAFA)
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020.
Ratified on June 28, 2018.
Signed on June 28, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2017: 0%
Effective July 1, 2018: 0%
Effective July 1, 2019: Wage
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Loblaws workers ratify
About 1,000 employees of
Ontario distribution centre sign
deal with wage hikes,
equal-pay language
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador — Newfoundland and
Labrador pg. 3 Canadian Blood Services — Ontario pg. 5 City of
Lethbridge — Alberta pg. 6 Wajax Power Systems — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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see Multiple > pg. 8
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
Learn more:
Negotiation Skills: April 7-12: Kingston; July 22-26: Victoria
Labour Arbitration Skills: May 26-30, 2019: Kingston
Labour Relations Foundations: June 3-7: Halifax
negotiate
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confidence
see Arbitration > pg. 8
