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June 9, 2014
CFL, union fumble
during contract talks
Changing dynamic of professional
sports signals bargaining shift
By SaBrina nanji
Canada's FootbaLL season may be in jeopardy if the league and
players' union continue to butt heads.
Following the expiration of the collective agreement governing players
at the end of May, the Canadian Football League (CFL) failed to sign a con-
tract with the Canadian Football League Players' Association (CFLPA) —
leaving the fate of the season up in the air.
Talks broke down days before spring training camps opened on June 2,
with (as of press time), no plans slated for further negotiations.
Of particular concern for the players' association is revenue sharing, a
clause that had been removed when the most recent contract was signed
before the 2010 season.
Much has changed for the CFL since the last collective agreement was
inked. New stadiums erected in Winnipeg and Hamilton and the launch of
a new franchise in Ottawa — coupled with an attractive broadcasting con-
tract with TSN — spells a prosperous future for the budding league.
GAMING
Pure Canadian Gaming
(Casino Calgary)
Calgary
(302 employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4655
Renewal agreement: Effective
Aug. 25, 2013, to Aug. 24, 2018.
Signed on April 2, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Fact and figures
Inflation rose to 2 per cent in April,
the highest since 2012, likely due to
a jump in gasoline prices. We break
down the CPI numbers.
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Long-term care aide found guilty of patient abuse pg. 6
TBH Services - Ontario pg. 3 Université de Sherbrooke - Quebec pg.
4 City of Regina - Saskatchewan pg. 4 The Wexford Residence -
Ontario pg. 4 The Akoma Family Centre - Nova Scotia pg. 5 City of
Kingston - Ontario pg. 5
third chance
the charm for machinist
aFteR not one, but two final
chances, a machine operator suf-
fering from alcoholism at a bus
manufacturer in Manitoba was
given a third and final chance by
an arbitrator.
Martin Friesen — a machine
operator with New Flyer Indus-
tries in Winnipeg — was fired
after breaching the terms of a
second last chance agreement,
which pertained to his absentee-
ism and alcoholism.
For a number of years, Friesen
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Todd
Korol
(Reuters)
CFL commissioner Mark Cohon signed an attractive new TV broad-
casting contract with TSN, prompting the players' union to push for a
revenue sharing clause and a chunk of that change.
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see Arbitration > pg. 6
see Players > pg. 7
pg. 8
