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November 18, 2019
'No board' report
After talks at McMaster
University in Hamilton break off,
local CUPE president
says 'enough is enough.'
Disorderly realignment prompts
'significant shift' at Ottawa hospital
AN ONTARIO hospital violated
its collective agreement when
it assigned duties normally per-
formed by members of one bar-
gaining unit to those of another,
despite the fact the latter occa-
sionally performed those tasks
when necessary.
The Royal Ottawa Hospital of-
fers several programs for mental
health care, advocacy, research,
and education, in which it em-
ploys registered nurses (RNs),
registered practical nurses (RPNs)
and orderlies.
The collective agreement with
Quebec firefighter, with 2 jobs, burned
by machinations of airport employer
A TEMPORARY firefighter at a Quebec airport
was dismissed for not committing to becoming a
permanent firefighter if needed, but that wasn't
a condition of his employment when offered the
job, according to an arbitrator.
Eric Paquet was hired as a regular firefighter
for the Quebec City airport in 2009. In 2014, he
resigned his position and accepted an offer from
the airport to work as a temporary firefighter —
which involved four-week contracts to replace
regular firefighters when needed. The job offer
stated that Paquet would be subject to "the work-
ing conditions of the temporary firefighter" out-
lined in the collective agreement.
Paquet also informed the airport that he would
be working as a permanent firefighter for the City
of Lévis, Que.
In October 2016, a new fire chief started at the
airport with instructions to evaluate the effective-
ness of its fire department. The department wanted
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
Shell Canada
Cochrane, Alta.
(47 operators, schedulers, maintenance employees) and Unifor, Local 1400
Renewal agreement: Effective
April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2023.
Ratified on March 7, 2019.
Signed on April 1, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.75%
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 3%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 3.5%
Shift premium: Shift differen-
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Prince Rupert Airport Authority — British Columbia pg. 3 Maple Leaf
Foods — Alberta pg. 4 St. Lawrence Seaway Management — Ontario/
Quebec pg. 5 Calgary Public Library — Alberta pg. 6 Canada
Cartage — British Columbia pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
K
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Photography
(Shutterstock)
see No formal > pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg. 8
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