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Acadia
University
workers ratify
fi rst deal
WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Sodexo
physical plant workers at Acadia
University ratified their first
collective agreement on April 17
after just two days of bargaining.
Unifor, Local 2107 members
voted 91 per cent in favour of
the contract that secured wages,
shift premiums, paid education
leave, a women's advocate and
enhanced safety language, said
the union.
The vote on April 10 also in-
cluded a vote for shop stewards
and a chairperson, said Unifor.
The collective agreement cov-
ers workers who perform custo-
dial and snow removal duties at
the university, said the union.
Winnipeg
language
pathologists
join MGEU
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba
Government and General Em-
ployees' Union (MGEU), Lo-
cal 452 welcomed its newest
members on April 18 — WRHA
speech-language pathologists
(SLPs) — who work at a num-
ber of access centres throughout
Winnipeg.
"We ended up choosing the
MGEU over other unions out
there because, for one, they
seemed the most responsive and
ultimately followed up with us,"
said Cheryl Friesen, who's been
working as an SLP in Manitoba
for 30 years.
Though entirely Manitoba-
based, the MGEU is the largest
union in the province, with more
than 40,000 members, 17,000 of
whom work within the health-
care system.
Local 452 members provide
a range of speech-language pa-
thology services to pre-school
children with speech and lan-
guage delays. They join more
than 3,000 MGEU technical,
professional, paramedical mem-
bers and will have an opportuni-
ty to vote in the upcoming Bill 29
union representation votes, said
the union.
Baffi nland
Iron Mines
employees
ratify contract
IQALUIT, Nunavut — What
started as an organizing drive
in May 2017 culminated in the
ratification of a first collective
agreement on April 17 with Baf-
finland Iron Mine to represent
production employees, which
will be effective May 1.
The International Union of
Operating Engineers, Local 793
(IUOE) said it appreciated Baf-
finland's decision to negotiate a
fair and reasonable mutual gains
partnership agreement.
As of the date of the ratifica-
tion vote, there were more than
800 workers.
Pliteq workers
in Vaughan,
Ont., join
UFCW
VAUGHAN, Ont. — Manufac-
turing employees at the Pliteq
plant in Vaughan, Ont., are the
newest members of United Food
and Commercial Workers union
(UFCW), Local 1006A after vot-
ing on April 12 to join the union.
Job security, vacations, im-
proved benefits, and protection
against discrimination and ha-
rassment were key issues during
the unionization drive, said the
union.
Pliteq is a designer and manu-
facturer of recycled rubber.
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