Canadian Labour Reporter

May-18-2015

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PM #40065782 Labour Reporter Canadian www.labour-reporter.com May 18, 2015 ArbitrAtion AwArds see Collective agreements > pg. 3 Union meeting brawl leads to backlash pg. 8 Flint Maintenance Services pg. 3 York Concrete Pumping pg. 3 Rockwell Site Works pg. 4 Canadian Corps of Commissionaries pg. 4 Doyle Transportation pg. 5 Hôpital Montfort pg. 5 City of Kelowna pg. 5 Memorial University pg. 6 Bunge Grain du Canada pg. 6 ColleCtive Agreements ColleCtive Agreements Photo: Shaun Best (Reuters) Labour Arbitration Skills, May 24-28: Kingston Labour Relations Foundations, S eptember 20-25, 2015: Kingston i r c . q u e e n s u . c a Learning the Advocate's Art & Science of Building & Presenting Winning Arbitration Cases Laying the Groundwork for Excellence in Union-Management Relations pg. 2 Pensions could be paid by Hydro One shares Tentative deal with union trades concessions for stock By Liz Foster Public debate surrounding the privati- zation of Hydro One continues, but plans are already in place to divvy up Ontario's electric utility. A tentative agreement signed last month between Hydro One and the Power Workers' Union (PWU) would see employees' pensions compensated, in part, by shares in the com- pany. Starting in 2017, PWU employees con- tributing to the pension plan would also par- ticipate in a new IPO "share grant plan." The shares in question would be equivalent to 2.7 per cent of the employees' salary effective from the initial share price. The shares would be granted each year for a total of 12 years. The tentative collective agreement itself extends for three years. The union's bargain- ing committee recommended its acceptance employer-union relationship needs mending: arbitrator tHe secOnd time proved the charm for an apprentice in Ash- croft, B.C., who won her second discrimination grievance against her employer. Meghan Henderson, an aspirant welder at I.G. Machine and Fibres filed her second grievance against the company, alleging she was fur- ther harassed and discriminated on MUNICIPALITY (LAW ENFORCEMENT) city of Yellowknife Yellowknife (7 municipal law enforcement officers) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local X0345 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2015. Signed Oct. 29, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 3% shift premium: $1.50 per hour for all hours between 5 p.m. and A tentative collective agreement between Hydro One and the Power Workers' Union would see employees partially compensated by shares once the electric utility is privatized. ndP sweeps Alberta Unions in the west are hope- ful a political shift will bolster the labour cause. see Arbitration > pg. 8 see Net > pg. 7 ArbitrAtion AwArds

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