Canadian Labour Reporter

FEBRUARY 24, 2014 2 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 Mount Allison faculty still on strike, university claims otherwise SACKVILLE, N.B. — Mount Allison Uni- versity's faculty association (MAFA) said the school's administration was wrong to tell students the strike was over. The Sackville, N.B., university is- sued a news release late on Feb. 13 telling students they would return to class the following Monday, declar- ing an end to the faculty association's three-week strike. "The regular class schedule will ap- ply," the release read. "We look for- ward to welcoming our students, fac- ulty and librarians back to campus on Monday." The news release claimed MAFA had accepted its proposal for binding arbitration, something the association — representing 154 full-time and 56 part-time faculty and librarians — de- nied. "This is completely untrue. We have not yet concluded any agreement with the administration on our proposal for binding arbitration, the terms of which are very different from the proposal which the administration made last week. "The administration cannot declare an end to the strike until these and oth- er related matters have been resolved," the association said in a statement on its website. "In the meantime, MAFA remains on strike." Number of job openings drop in November, vacancy rate falls: StatsCan OTTAWA — In November, there were 22,000 jobs lost in Canada, accord- ing to the latest data from Statistics Canada. Released on Feb. 18, the job vacancy report indicated there were 5.6 unem- ployed people for every job opening. That compares to 5.2 people per open- ing the year before. Compared to November of 2012, there were 22,000 less job openings at the same time in 2013. Between November 2012 and No- vember 2013, the national job vacancy rate dropped from 1.6 per cent down to where it currently sits today, at 1.5 per cent. Proposed salmon fishery changes will eliminate jobs: Union VANCOUVER — The United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union (UFAWU- Unifor) recently rallied in Vancouver to protest proposed changes to British Columbia's salmon fishery. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is considering a shift from its current open fishery model — one where a fisherman's catch is de- termined by skill — to one based on individual transferable quotas (ITQs). A change to ITQs will mean a fisher- man's catch is determined by wealth, the union says, leading to higher de- mands and rising quota prices until only large corporate fleets will be able to afford licenses. The union said the current model al- lows fishery managers to closely moni- tor operations throughout the year to prevent over-fishing. A switch to ITQ, it argues, will re- duce proper oversight and wipe out in- dependent fishermen. "Selling off salmon to the highest bidder will be a disaster for indepen- dent fishermen and small coastal com- munities," said Kim Olsen, president of UFAWU-Unifor, in a statement. "We're proud to be independent fishermen, and we're not going to let the government decimate our fleets, "she added. The DFO is currently meeting with commercial salmon fishers' representa- tives to discuss the proposed move to an ITQ model. FORMERLY CLV REPORTS Serving labour relations professionals since 1956 www.labour-reporter.com Published weekly by Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. Subscription rate: $595 per year Customer Service Tel: (416) 609-3800 (Toronto) (800) 387-5164 (outside Toronto) Fax: (416) 298-5106 carswell.customerrelations@thomson reuters.com Website: www.carswell.com Director, Carswell Media: Karen Lorimer Publisher: John Hobel Managing Editor: Todd Humber News Editor: Sabrina Nanji sabrina.nanji@thomsonreuters.com (416) 649-9348 News Editor: Liz Foster liz.foster@thomsonreuters.com (416) 298-5129 Marketing Co-ordinator: Travis Chan travis.chan@thomsonreuters.com (416) 609-5872 © 2014 Carswell, a division of Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. The publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional advice. If legal or other expert assistanceis required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. The analysis contained herein represents the opinion of the authors and should in no way be construed as being either official or unofficial policy of any governmental body. ISSN 0045-5113 Publications Registration 2089 Canadian Labour Reporter is part of the Canadian HR Reporter group of publications. Visit www.hrreporter.com for more information. canadian labour reporter Labour Briefs A look at labour news from across Canada. For regular news updates, visit Canadian Labour Reporter at www.labour-reporter.com

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