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December 1, 2014
COMMUNICATIONS
e Western Star
St. John's, N.L.
(50 employees) and the United Food and Commercial
Workers (UFCW) Local 1252
Renewal agreement: Effective
Oct. 26, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2015.
Signed on Nov. 20, 2013.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2%
Calculated by CLR.
Shift premium: 95¢ per hour
WSIB rebates unsafe
companies: OFL report
Sid Ryan, OFL president,
says the WSIB should scrap
its experience
rating program.
ArBItrAtIOn
AWArdS
see Collective Agreements > pg. 3
Edmonton cop tries to rise through ranks pg. 6
City of Laval - Quebec pg. 3 PEI Atlantic Baptist Homes - Prince
Edward Island pg.4 IOOF Seniors Homes - Ontario pg. 4 Burnaby
Public Library - British Columbia pg. 5
Violent assault
leads to termination
SoNia Gatto'S violent alter-
cation with a fellow employee led
to her immediate termination.
Gatto had no disciplinary re-
cord in her seven years with On-
tario-based manufacturer Kru-
ger Inc. The aggressive nature
of an argument between Gatto
and a co-worker, however, was
deemed serious enough to war-
rant next-day dismissal.
On Oct. 17, 2013, Gatto was
COLLeCtIve
AgreementS
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
CDIC
(Reuters)
The TWU merged with the USW to become Local 1944, an autonomous national local with the
union. The 12,000 telecommunications workers join the USW's 225,000-strong membership.
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see Arbitration > pg. 6
pg. 2
see Bargaining > pg. 7
USW, tWU merger made official
Communications staff to form single unit within Steelworkers' union
By Liz Foster
a yeaRS-LoNG strategic alliance between
the United Steelworkers (USW) and the Tele-
communications Workers Union (TWU) be-
came a permanent partnership when the two
unions merged in November.
The TWU — representing 12,000 mem-
bers across Canada at telecommunica-
tions companies including Telus and Shaw
Communications — officially merged with
225,000 members of the USW on Nov. 7 after
a long and arduous selection process.
And unlike last year's Unifor merger — in
which the Canadian Auto Workers and the
Communications, Energy and Paperwork-
ers formed one super union — the TWU will
remain intact as Local 1944, an autonomous
national local within the USW.
"Each and every time our union has
merged, we've become, I believe, a stron-
ger union," said USW national director Ken
