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December 8, 2014
FISHERIES
Burgeo Seafoods Ltd.
Burgeo, N.L.
(12 employees) and the Fish, Food & Allied Workers (FFAW / Unifor)
Renewal agreement: Effective
April 15, 2014, to April 14, 2017.
Signed on April 1, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 15, 2015: 40¢
Effective April 15, 2016: 40¢
Shift premium: $1 per hour for
lead hands.
Paid holidays: 9 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 day per
Pension plan protest
Quebec firefighters painted
many of their trucks black to
protest the province's proposed
municipal
pension reforms.
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Worker fired after stealing supplies to pay off debt pg. 6
Administration Portuaire de Québec pg. 3 New Brunswick Community
Residences Inc. pg.3 City Thermo Pane Ltd. — New Brunswick pg. 4
Government of Alberta pg. 4 Alco Steel Erectors ULC — Alberta pg.
4 Government of Alberta pg. 5 Sysco — Alberta pg. 5
Retired teachers return to work,
not eligible to contribute to pension
TeacheRS aT a group of Sas-
katchewan colleges who continue
to teach after retirement are not
able to contribute to the pension
plan at the same time they are re-
ceiving such benefits, an arbitra-
tor has decided.
The Saskatchewan Govern-
ment and General Employees'
Union (SGEU) filed the grievance
against the Northwest Regional,
Great Plains, Cumberland Re-
gional, Carlton Trail Regional and
Parkland Regional colleges.
Of particular concern for the
union is that teachers who have
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Chris
Wattie
(Reuters)
Newly elected leader of Alberta's Progressive Conservatives, Premier Jim Prentice, kicked off
the fall legislature on Nov. 17 with the introduction of Bill 3, an amendment to the privacy act.
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see Arbitration > pg. 6
pg. 2
see Protection > pg. 7
Bill 3 to amend privacy laws in alberta
Unions would be allowed to disclose personal information during strike
By SaBrina nanji
STRaddLiNg The LiNe between
personal and public rights can prove an
arduous balancing act — territory that Al-
berta's government is navigating with the
introduction of amendments to its infor-
mation privacy laws.
The Personal Information Protection
Amendment Act, known simply as Bill
3, was introduced on Nov. 17, and with
it came a slew of amendments to the way
unions are allowed to use an employee's
information.
Under the proposed legislation, a union
would be permitted to collect, use and
disclose personal information (such as
photos or videos) without the individual's
consent in the event of a labour dispute or
strike.
Prompted by a decision from the Su-
preme Court of Canada in November of
