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January 26, 2015
TRANSPORTATION
MVT Canadian Bus
Vancouver
(590 bus drivers, mechanics, terminal and office employees) and the
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
Renewal agreement:
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec.
31, 2016. Signed in August
2014.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2014: $300
Kill a worker, go to jail: OFL
Two Ontario company
directors are facing jail time
after a worker died — a fitting
punishment,
says Sid Ryan
ArbitrAtiOn
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Fraudulent letter leads to dismissal pg. 8
Comfort Cab pg. 3 First Canada ULC pg.3 Cascade Aerospace pg.
3 Many Rivers Counselling pg. 4 Moncton Northeast Construction
pg. 4 Northumberland Ferries pg. 5 John-John Transportation pg. 5
Dynamex Canada pg. 6 Brink's Canada pg. 6
Suspended police officers in
Toronto win appeal, lost wages
Two ToronTo-BaSed
police officers were suspended
without pay during a criminal in-
vestigation into their actions for
which they were charged — but
after an appeal turned that deci-
sion around, they sought compen-
sation for the suspension.
Edward Ing and John Cruz, two
police constables with the To-
ronto Police Services Board, were
charged with assaulting and caus-
ing bodily harm to a civilian.
They were charged and
COLLeCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
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see Arbitration > pg. 8
pg. 2
see Widespread > pg. 7
amalgamations strengthen union locals
Mergers – seen recently at Unifor – can help with workforce reductions, falling membership
By Liz Foster
FaCing workForCe reductions and
declining membership, Unifor's Local 2098
plans to merge with Unifor Local 200.
Local 2098 — which represents workers
at Diageo's Amherstburg, Ont.-based bot-
tling facility — chose to merge with Local
200 — an amalgamated local in Windsor,
Ont., representing employees at Ford Mo-
tor Company, Nemak, Penske and Voith.
"It was a pretty long process," said Local
2098 president D.J. Lacey. "First of all, we
had to discuss it with the executive and our
membership as well as with our retirees.
From there, we went on to talk with a lot of
the locals in our area. We sat down with dif-
ferent leaderships and felt that (Local) 200
was the best fit for us."
In addition to boasting a membership
significantly larger than that of Local 2098's,
Local 200 also represents a more diverse
