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see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Employer fails to properly assess experience pg. 8
Immeubles RB Ltée Boucherville pg. 3 Université de Québec pg. 3
Government of Ontario pg. 4 College Employer Council pg. 4
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp. pg. 5 The Beechwood pg. 5 Child
Development Centre pg. 6 College Employer Council pg. 6
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pg. 2
Alberta charts new bargaining territory
Public sector unions caution against centralized model
By SaBrina nanji
New reforms iNtroduced in Al-
berta will streamline negotiations between
the government and public sector unions,
according to the premier.
Jim Prentice announced earlier this
month that the provincial government will
overhaul the way it bargains with public ser-
vice unions, in order to establish a co-ordi-
nated and disciplined approach.
On the heels of the announcement, Prentice
also established a working group to address
labour relations, led by Alberta's justice and
solicitor-general deputy minister, Tim Grant.
Grant is tasked with developing a fund-
ing mechanism that is "fair, consistent and
respectful of both workers and taxpayers,"
according to Prentice, and is expected to re-
port back in four months.
Until then, labour groups warn that their
clout at the bargaining table may be dwindling.
cP rail's test for vision-impaired
conductor 'flawed': Arbitrator
A coNductor and locomo-
tive engineer who suffers from
a vision impairment was given a
clean bill of health to return to his
normal operations by an arbitra-
tor after CP Rail's testing process
was found to be flawed.
The conductor, whose name
was not provided given that the
hearing pertains to his disability,
suffered from a "non-degenera-
tive mild-to-moderate colour vi-
sion defect," according to arbi-
trator Christine Schmidt — the
second time she has presided over
MUNICIPALITY
city of terrace
terrace, B.c.
(120 inside and outside employees) and the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2012
renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017.
Signed on Feb. 2, 2015.
shift premium: 70¢ for em-
ployees required to operate a
jackhammer or power compac-
tor. $1.70 per hour for employ-
ees required to manually clean
or repair sanitary sewers. $1.70
With a forthcoming budget that hints at austerity and an overhaul of labour relations, Al-
berta Premier Jim Prentice looks to tighten purse strings — which could spell cuts for unions.
Job quality at record
low: CIBC report
Drop in job quality more
structural than cyclical
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Province> pg. 7
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