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February 9, 2015
MUNICIPALITY
Lac Ste. Anne County
Lac Ste. Anne, Alta.
(190 operating employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1928
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2016.
Signed on Nov. 27, 2014.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 3%
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 3%
Shift premium: 40¢ per hour
worked on a Saturday, 50¢ for
Falling gas prices slow
inflation to 1.5 per cent
We break down Statistics
Canada's inflation and
unemployment
rates
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Sabbatical request repeatedly denied pg. 6
St. John's Shipping Association pg. 3 Golden Plough Lodge pg.4
Logistec Stevedoring pg. 4 Tuktoyaktuk Housing Association pg. 5 City
of Red Deer pg. 5
B.C. bus operator fired
after secretly going to India
WhIStLeR tRAnSIt, a trans-
portation company in British Co-
lumbia, dismissed bus operator
Baljit Nagra for abandoning his
position — and going to India, a
decision upheld by an arbitrator.
Whistler Transit has a sea-
sonal contract with the provincial
government and provides trans-
portation during peak ski and
snowboard season. Employees
are expected to follow a schedule
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
Photo:
Mark
Blinch
(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. 6
pg. 8
see Union > pg. 7
CBC mandate bans paid speeches
Union objects to 'arbitrary' new policy
By Liz Foster
foLLoWIng questions of potential con-
flict of interest, CBC recently enacted a new
mandate prohibiting employees — but not
freelance contributors — from making paid
appearances for corporations and industry
groups.
In addition, CBC pledged to continue
with the full disclosure of all public appear-
ances by its journalists online.
Jennifer McGuire, editor-in-chief and
general manager of CBC News and its re-
gional centres, along with Michel Cormier,
executive director for news and current
affairs at French services, made the an-
nouncement Jan. 22.
"CBC/Radio-Canada holds itself to the
highest standards of journalistic integrity.
Our standards and practices are among
the most rigorous in Canadian media," Mc-
Guire and Cormier said in the statement.
In the face of increasing criticism concerning possible conflicts of interest, CBC recently imple-
mented a new mandate banning on-air employees from accepting paid speaking positions.
