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September 29, 2014
TRANSPORTATION
Rebel Transport
Edmonton
(25 truck drivers and shop employees) and the Teamsters union, Local 362
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017.
Signed on Aug. 25, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2014: 2%
Effective July 1, 2015: 2%
Effective July 1, 2016: 2%
Shift premium: $2 for lead
hands. $2.14 premium when
operating vehicles with 24 to
UAW eliminates 2-tier wages
Unifor said the elimination of a two-
tier wage system in an American
plant will help improve wages and
conditions for the
Canadian auto sector
ArbitrAtion
AWArds
see Collective agreemnents > pg. 3
Video surveillance leads to dismissal pg. 6
Meuble Idéal Ltée — Quebec pg. 3 Gibsons and District Public Library
Board — British Columbia pg. 3 BFI Canada — Alberta pg. 4 Charron
Transport Limited - Ontario pg. 5 Montreal Airports — Quebec pg. 5
Potash mine violated
contract after contracting out
A SASkATchEWAn-bASEd
Potash company violated its col-
lective agreement when it failed
to notify or consult with the
union before it went ahead and
contracted out work, an arbitra-
tor has decided.
Agrium, located in Vanscoy,
Sask., is an underground potash
mine and surface mill that oper-
ates 24-seven, 365 days out of the
year. There are about 500 union
members, with two-thirds work-
ing below ground and one-third
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Ben
Nelms
(Reuters)
The first day of school was delayed in B.C. after teachers and the province hit an
impasse at the bargaining table, sparking a bitter months-long strike.
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see Arbitration > pg. 6
pg. 2
see Collective > pg. 7
b.c. schools back in session
Union, province ink historic deal through mediation, ending bitter strike
By SaBrina nanji
IT Took much more than an apple to persuade
teachers in British Columbia to return to the class-
room, but both the union and government have signed
a deal — putting an end to a months-long strike.
Students returned to school last week, almost two
weeks behind the rest of their Canadian counterparts,
alongside teachers who ratified the agreement with
86 per cent support on Sept. 18, after 20 months at
the bargaining table. The next day, the agreement was
ratified unanimously by the employer, the British Co-
lumbia Public School Employers' Association (BCP-
SEA) and its 60 education boards.
"In negotiations, there is always give and take, and
both parties have to be willing to give and take," said Pe-
ter Fassbender, British Columbia's education minister.
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation first
initiated strike action back in April and, after being
partially locked out by the BCPSEA in May, began
conducting rotating strikes. In June, this was esca-
lated to a full-blown strike and when both parties hit an
