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November 17, 2014
EDUCATION
Grande Prairie Public
School District
Grande Prairie, Alta.
(180 employees) and the Grande Prairie School
District Employees' Association
Renewal agreement: Effective
Sept. 1, 2013, to Aug. 1, 2017.
Signed on July 4, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Conflict resolution at CN rail
A new mechanism formed by
both the Teamsters union and
national railway aims to avoid
future strikes and
lockouts
ArbitrAtioN
AwArds
see Collective agreemnents > pg. 3
Benefits do not fall under collective agreement: Arbitrator pg. 8
Calgary Public Library Board pg. 3 Government of Alberta pg.3
Government of Alberta pg. 4 Essar Steel Algoma pg. 4 Fearmans
Pork pg. 4 Regional Municipality of Durham pg. 5 Memorial
University pg. 5 Industries Caron pg. 5 Ville de Quebec pg. 6
Facebook posts lead to firing
PRAnAv BeDi, a bus operator
with the Toronto Transit Com-
mission (TTC), was fired after
his employer found evidence of
dishonesty on Facebook.
At the time of his discharge in
February 2014, Bedi had just re-
turned from a trip to India, during
which he was married. Months
earlier, he had scheduled about six
weeks away from work, beginning
on Dec. 28, 2013, for the wedding
and related preparations. He was
granted permission to defer some
of his 2013 vacation time for the
trip.
Because of this deferral, Bedi
did not have any vacation time
left for 2013. Having exhausted his
vacation leave, Bedi decided to call
ColleCtive
AgreemeNts
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Aaron
Harris
(Reuters)
A 10-year deal recently ratified by Air Canada and the Air Canada Pilots Association is the first
collective agreement reached by the two parties without outside influence since 1996.
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see Arbitration > pg. 8
pg. 2
see Terms > pg. 7
Air Canada pilots ink 10-year deal
Negotiations, culture to change with new long-term agreement
By Liz Foster
FolloWinG yeARS of thorny negotia-
tions, Air Canada and the Air Canada Pilots
Association (ACPA) recently ratified a 10-
year agreement.
Signed on Oct. 31, the deal marks the
first collective agreement reached by the
two parties without any outside influence
since 1996. The current government-im-
posed agreement is set to expire on April
1, 2016.
"We've had a relationship with animos-
ity for quite some time," said Craig Bland-
ford, president of ACPA. "We haven't had
a good relationship for many, many years…
I think it really is significant that we've
worked really hard to change the culture
with Air Canada."
The union reports 92 per cent of its al-
most 3,000 members voted on the agree-
