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ArbitrAtion
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see Collective agreements > pg. 3
School district employee dismissed after fight with student pg. 8
Henri Sicotte pg. 3 Algoma Tankers pg. 3 Ontario Hospital Association
pg. 3 Société Terminaux Montréal Gateway pg. 4 Board of Education
of School District 58 pg. 4 CG Power Systems Canada pg. 5 University
of the Fraser Valley pg. 6 Yukon College pg. 6
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pg. 2
Nova Scotia no-layoff clause challenged
Budget, job cuts prompt union grievance
By SaBrina nanji
The biggeST public sector union in
Nova Scotia is challenging the government's
decision to lay off a group of employees, saying
the move violates the current collective agree-
ment.
A group of former government employees,
represented by the Nova Scotia Government
and General Employees Union (NSGEU),
accused the province of breaching contract
when it shuttered the Department of Eco-
nomic and Rural Development and Tourism
(ERDT), thereby issuing pink slips to about 40
civil workers.
The union representing those workers cried
foul, saying that — per the collective agree-
ment — the government is obligated to find
work for displaced employees and pay a por-
tion of their salary in the interim.
Commonly known as a no-layoff clause, the
union alleges the government violated that
paramedics paid for standby
paramedicS iN Weyburn,
Sask., are entitled to premium pay
while on standby, an arbitrator has
decided.
Joel Rogers, a primary care
paramedic since 2011, was re-
quired to be on standby for a 24-
hour period two summers ago.
During the period, he was called
in to work two shifts, which his
union argued entitled him to a
premium call-back pay for the
second shift.
As per arguments from the
Health Sciences Association of
Saskatchewan (HSAS), the collec-
tive agreement dictated Rogers be
compensated for the second shift,
as those hours constituted over-
time hours and they would have
TRANSPORTATION
Transfreight
acton Vale, Que.
(49 truck drivers) and Unifor
renewal agreement: Effective
Feb. 25, 2015, to Feb. 24, 2018.
Signed on Feb. 7, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective February 2015
$1,000 signing bonus for all em-
ployees
Class 1: 4.3%
Class 2: 3%
Class 3: 3%
Halifax water workers
file strike notice
Bargaining issues include
pension plan,
wages
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Agreement > pg. 7
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU) filed a grievance against the pro-
vincial government — led by premier Stephen McNeil — claiming the no-layoff clause in the parties'
collective agreement was violated after 40 civil workers were laid off.
