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December 15, 2014
CONSTRUCTION
Parker Kaefer Inc.
Provincewide, New Brunswick
(37 workers) and the International Union of Painters
and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 39
Renewal agreement: Effective
Sept. 15, 2014, to April 30, 2017.
Signed on Sept. 15, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Effective May 1, 2015
Probation A: 61¢
Probation B: 66¢
Class 1: 80¢
Unifor lauds Uber legislation
A private member's bill
could regulate the ride-share
service in Ontario — a move
applauded by
labour groups.
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Toronto employee accuses city of discrimination based on race pg. 8
Board of Education of Saskatoon pg. 3 Kingsco Enterprises Inc. pg.4
Deep Atlantic Sea Products Inc. pg. 4 Okanagan Labour Relations
Council pg. 5 Government of British Columbia pg. 5 Holy Spirit
Roman Catholic School, Regional Division No. 4 pg. 6
Holiday hullabaloo
WHeN tHe British Columbia
government introduced Family
Day as a statutory holiday, workers
heaved a sigh of relief. For many,
the much-needed day off serves as
a break smack dab in the middle of
a harsh winter.
But for employees at Walter En-
ergy in Vancouver, the holiday was
not observed. Whereas the union
demanded compensation for
working on a government-desig-
nated day off, the employer argued
that because Family Day was not
explicitly named in the collective
agreement, it had to do no such
thing.
Mark Brown, presiding over the
case, agreed with the latter.
The collective agreement
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Andy
Clark
(Reuters)
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see Arbitration > pg. 8
pg. 2
see Clause > pg. 7
B.C. teachers win rights for pregnant staff
Supreme Court rules employees entitled to both pregnancy, parental leave
By Liz Foster
tHe SuPReme CouRt of Canada, in
a rare oral ruling from the bench, recently
granted the British Columbia Teachers'
Federation (BCTF) a quick win in its fight
for pregnant employees.
The BCTF's appeal was granted by the
Supreme Court on Nov. 14. The decision —
regarding discrimination and unequal treat-
ment under the Human Rights Code and the
Charter of Rights and Freedoms — upheld
an arbitrator's previous award on the matter.
In February 2011, the BCTF filed a griev-
ance alleging discriminatory treatment of
birth mothers by the Board of Education of
School District No. 36 in Surrey, B.C., and
the British Columbia Public School Employ-
ers' Association (BCPSEA).
According to the union, the employer's
failure to provide supplementary employ-
ment benefits during both maternity and
The B.C. Teachers' Federation said the recent Supreme Court ruling granting parental leave
benefits to pregnant employees is an 'important win for women across the country.'
