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September 1, 2014
HOSPITALITY
Sodexo Canada
Lethbridge, Alta.
(110 catering employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 408
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2014, to March 31,
2017. Signed on July 2, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2014: 2%
Effective April 1, 2015: 2%
Effective April 1, 2016: 2%
Shift premium: $2.25 per
Bomb threat blow-up
CUPE claims the chaos following a
bomb threat against Toronto Mayor
Rob Ford put City Hall staffers in
danger.
ArBitrAtion
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Are we or aren't we? Employment relationship woes pg. 6
Health Employers Association of British Columbia pg. 3 Services
Maritimes Quebec pg. 3 Canadian Forces Base pg. 4 Toronto Transit
Commission pg. 4 Radio Centre — Ville Saint-Louis pg. 4 Willbros
PSS Midstream pg. 5 Government of the Province of Alberta pg. 5
Love letter leads
to letter of termination
IngRId geRvASIo'S hand-
written letter set off a series of
events that ultimately led to her
termination.
Gervasio — a registered prac-
tical nurse with the Fraser Health
Authority's Ridge Meadows Hos-
pital and Health Care Centre in
British Columbia — was fired for
gross insubordination and what
the employer called the effective
harassment of her manager.
The letter that triggered her
termination was hand-delivered
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Aaron
Harris
(Reuters)
The corrected employment data for July showed the Canadian economy
added 42,000 jobs — as opposed to 200, as originally reported.
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see Arbitration > pg. 6
pg. 2
see Sharper > pg. 7
StatsCan flub
prompts change
in methodology
Meanwhile, consumer price
index retrofit wraps up
By SaBrina nanji
JuLy'S JobS dAtA was bleak — or so we thought.
Statistics Canada initially released the Labour Force Survey in
August as planned, but retracted the information, citing an er-
ror. Days later, the corrected jobs report was re-released, noting
the Canadian economy added almost 42,000 jobs in July, as op-
posed to the originally reported 200 positions.
Sylvie Michaud, director-general of education, labour and in-
come statistics, said the agency is undergoing an internal review
process, the report for which is due out in a few weeks. Included
in it will be recommendations for new checks and balances to
ensure another such error won't happen again.
"What I can tell you is there was an error in the processing in
one of our systems. We think it was a
human error," she explained.
In recent years, Statistics Canada
has undergone fiscal and political at-
tacks that have contributed to a dam-
aged reputation, according to Jim
Stanford, an economist at Unifor. As
such, all eyes were watching when the
agency bungled one of its most cov-
eted reports.
