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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
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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
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