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Unifor truckers
in ontario, Quebec
bargain as a team
MONTREAL — Truckers across Ontario
and Quebec ratified a three-year collec-
tive agreement after bargaining as a team.
The employees — members of four Uni-
for locals across the two provinces — signed
a new contract that includes pay increases
as well as improvements to scheduling.
"This deal shows what is possible when
we work together," said Francis Paquette,
a unit chair with Unifor's Local 1044 in
Quebec City and a member of the union's
bargaining team. "Sitting at the table with
our Ontario locals made all the difference."
The agreement was ratified on Jan. 31
by 220 members of Unifor's locals 1090
and 27 in Ajax and London, Ont., as well
as its locals 698 and 1044 in Montreal and
Quebec City.
Other members of the four locals —
including mechanics, clerical staff and
yard workers — also saw wage increases
ranging from $3,500 to $10,000 in base
hourly wages.
Allowances for tools, winter clothes
and additional safety equipment were also
improved in the new deal.
University of
Toronto contract
staff vote to strike
TORONTO — Contract academic faculty
at the University of Toronto have voted
to strike, should they hit a wall at the
bargaining table.
For the second time in a decade,
instructional assistants from the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local
3902 cast their votes 92.1 per cent in
favour of a strike — doubling previous
voter turnout.
"This vote reflects members' resolve
that 'business as usual' is no longer an
option," said Erich Vogt, vice-chair of
the unit of the local CUPE chapter. "It
serves notice that members demand the
kind of job security, compensation and
benefits that reflect their contribution to
the university's reputation and position
as one of the world's top teaching and
research institutions."
This particular group of sessional
lecturers perform about 35 per cent of all
undergraduate teaching at the University
of Toronto, yet comprise only one per
cent of the university's overall budget,
according to CUPE.
"The majority have the same qualifica-
tions and experience as permanent faculty,
but lack job security, never knowing what
work they will have from term to term,
and having to reapply every four to eight
months for courses they have successfully
taught in the past," the union said.
There has been no increase in base wages
for contract academic faculty since August
2012, and benefits have remained frozen
for a decade.
Also part of CUPE local 3902 are
graduate student teaching assistants and
course instructors, who overwhelmingly
approved a strike mandate back in the
fall. Between the two units, almost 2,000
education staffers at the university are
willing to strike if a deal cannot be ratified.
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Cancelled fl ights and stranded passengers piled up after Germany's Hamburg airport tem-
porarily shut its terminal building when a strike by security staff caused overcrowding.
