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February 16, 2015
COMMUNICATIONS
Jim Pattison Broadcast Group
Provincewide, British Columbia
(37 broadcast television employees) and Unifor Local 1010
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2014, to March 31,
2018. Signed on Aug. 12, 2014.
Shift premium: $52 flat
fee anytime an employee is
assigned to perform set-up and
tear-down duties on remote
location. On-air talent rate for
announcers required to work
on location: $20 for announcer
Unifor truckers in Ontario,
Quebec bargain as a team
New contract includes pay
increases and improvements
to scheduling
and safety.
ArbitrAtiOn
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Footage from hidden camera leads to firing pg. 8
Canada Cartage pg. 3 BC Hydro pg. 4 Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier
International Airport Authority pg. 4 Pharma Plus Drugmart pg. 5
Brock University pg. 5 Northumberland Ferries pg. 6
Toronto Hydro
staffer suspended
for insubordination
DAwn VOSS, a worker at Toron-
to Hydro, received numerous sus-
pensions for insubordination and
other behaviour that the company
deemed "inappropriate" — and an
arbitrator has agreed with such
discipline, to an extent.
Between 2009 and 2011, Voss
COlleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
David
Stobbe
(Reuters)
Strategic Grievance Handling
Develop techniques and approaches to confidently analyze and manage
all steps in the grievance process.
i r c . q u e e n s u . c a
March 24 to 27, 2015: Toronto
see Arbitration > pg.8
pg. 2
see Public > pg. 7
Top court upholds right to strike
Saskatchewan's
essential services
law struck down as
'unconstitutional'
By SaBrina nanji
THe SUPReMe CoURT of Canada has
upheld the right to strike for public sector
workers in a landmark decision striking
down Saskatchewan's essential services law.
The provincial government, led by Pre-
mier Brad wall, introduced its controver-
sial essential services legislation shortly
after coming to power in 2007.
Under that law, unions and their govern-
ment employers would need to decide on
which public sector employees are consid-
ered essential and therefore prohibited from
walking off the job (such as those in health
care, police and other emergency services).
Helmed by premier Brad Wall, Saskatchewan's government has been given one year to amend
its essential services laws, something the Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional.
