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ArbitrAtion
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see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Facts and figures pg. 8
Envoy Air — Canadawide pg. 3 The Town of Morinville — Alberta pg. 3 Doyle
Transportation — Ontario pg. 4 Cormode & Dickson Construction — Alberta
pg. 4 SMIT Harbour Towage — British Columbia pg. 5
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Unifor warns of 'contract flipping'
Union accuses airport authority of suppressing wages
By Liz Foster
ContraCt flipping — an employer
practice of switching service providers every
few years in an effort to suppress costs — forces
employees to reapply for their jobs and, often, to
start at the bottom of the wage scale, according
to Unifor.
The union took a stand against the practice
in March after the Greater Toronto Airport Au-
thority (GTAA) opened a tendering process for
its contract involving the assistance of passen-
gers with special needs.
The contract was awarded to the Toronto
Ground Airport Services (TGAS). But the
TGAS has made no employment commitment
to the 260 affected employees working under
the contract's previous provider, Swissport (for-
merly Servisair) at Pearson International Air-
port, according to Unifor.
"Some of the employees who were doing the
work with Servisair have applied to take the job
rumours poisoned work
environment, employee says
an employee has won her case
against the Toronto Community
Housing Corporation (TCHC), al-
leging the public housing agency
did not do its due diligence in en-
suring the work environment was
free from discrimination and ha-
rassment.
The grievor, parking officer Jan-
ice Gordon, filed two main com-
plaints against the TCHC back in
2007. She claimed she was subject-
ed to vicious rumours and gossip at
the hands of her co-workers, who
wrongfully suggested she was hav-
LONG-TERM CARE
revera lessee (e Churchill)
edmonton
(62 employees) and the Alberta Union of Provincial
Employees (AUPE) Local 047
renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 3%
Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 3%
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 3%
Shift premium: $2 per hour
for LPNs and HCAs working a
weeknight evening shift, $2.50
GM Oshawa closure could
cost 33,000 jobs: Union
A hypothetical report on the uncertain
future of General Motors in Oshawa
sheds light on the auto-
maker's economic impact.
see Arbitration > pg. 6
see Complaints > pg. 7
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
The Greater Toronto Airport Authority's practice of 'contract flipping' is unethical, said Unifor,
which has called for a requirement that all contractors adhere to a minimum standard of pay.
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