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October 6, 2014
OIL & GAS
Wolverine Pipeline Agreement
Sherwood Park, Alta.
(7 truck drivers) and the Teamsters Union Local 362
Renewal agreement: Effective
March 1, 2014, to Feb. 28, 2017.
Signed on June 25, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 1, 2014: 1%
Effective March 1, 2015: 1%
Effective March 1, 2016: 1%
Shift premium: $2 per hour
for lead hands. Drivers pulling
multi-wheel equipment to be
Bank of Canada keeps interest
rate steady after inflation report
Steady inflation prompts Bank of
Canada head Stephen Poloz to
leave interest rate
unchanged until 2015
ArBitrAtion
AwArds
see Collective agreemnents > pg. 3
Newspaper staffers defy cost-cutting measures pg. 6
Sarens Canada — Alberta pg. 3 Inland Concrete — Alberta pg. 3
V Interactions — Quebec pg. 4 First Air — Nova Scotia pg. 4
Produits Belle Baiee Ltee — Quebec pg. 5 Elk Island Public School
— Alberta pg. 5
Junior employees bump most
senior staffer's request for time off
A Weekend is a privilege for
many workers, like Shawn Cowan,
a telecommunications subcon-
tractor who was denied a Saturday
off.
Cowan, a full-time technician
working for Bell in St. Catha-
rines, Ont., was denied his request
for a Saturday off for a planned
cross-border shopping trip to the
United States with his family. The
complication arose when Cowan,
the most senior employee in his
area, was denied the request to ac-
commodate more junior employ-
ees — a move he and Unifor Local
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Chris
Wattie
(Reuters)
Bill C-377 was sent back to the House of Commons in 2013 with significant amendments.
Debate surrounding the private member's bill —which would require unions to disclose details
of their spending — is set to be revived.
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see Arbitration > pg. 6
pg. 8
see Public> pg. 7
Union-busting bill resurfaces
Federal Bill C-377 undemocratic, unconstitutional, critics say
By Liz Foster
The RevivAl of union-busting Bill
C-377 in Ottawa is ruffling some feathers.
"What's good for the goose is good for
the gander. If the labour movement has to
be governed by Bill C-377, so should the
prime minister's office," said Unifor's na-
tional president Jerry Dias. "I'm challenging
Stephen Harper. Unifor will comply with
Bill C-377 when his office does. He's got a lot
more to hide than the labour movement."
The challenge comes as the Senate pre-
pares to revive debate on Bill C-377, a con-
troversial federal private member's bill that
would force unions to disclose details of
their spending. It would require unions to
publicly disclose any spending of $5,000 or
more and any salary of $100,000 or more.
Simultaneously, a bid is being made by
a Conservative-dominated committee to
cut short the debate surrounding private
