Canadian Labour Reporter

June-8-2015

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PM #40065782 Labour Reporter Canadian www.labour-reporter.com June 8, 2015 ArbitrAtion AwArds see Collective agreements > pg. 3 Job posting lost in translation pg. 6 Immeubles RB Ltée — Quebec pg. 3 Eskasoni School Board — Nova Scotia pg. 3 Capital District Health Authority — Nova Scotia pg. 4 National Gallery of Canada — Ontario pg. 4 Horizon Milling — Saskatchewan pg. 5 Hritage Park Historical Village — Alberta pg. 5 ColleCtive Agreements ColleCtive Agreements Photo: Mark Blinch (Reuters) Labour Relations Foundations, S eptember 20-25, 2015: Kingston i r c . q u e e n s u . c a Laying the Groundwork for Excellence in Union-Management Relations Change Management, S eptember 29 - Oc tober 1, 2015: O ttawa Driving & Building Support for Successful Change Projects Using a Time-Tested Framework pg. 2 Ontario lawyers fight to bargain Legal Aid Ontario employees to challenge certification restriction in court By SaBrina nanji A grOup Of lawyers that represents some of the most underprivileged Ontarians is headed to court to fight for their own right to join a union. Lawyers from Legal Aid Ontario (a non- profit government agency that provides legal assistance to low-income clients) em- barked on the quest for collective bargaining rights more than two years ago after they say their request to join a union was met with a cold response from their employer. Now — riding the coattails of the Su- preme Court of Canada's landmark decision in January granting RCMP officers the right to certify — the lawyers are looking to the courts to back them up. "After two years of requesting recognition of our rights from our employer to no avail, we are left with no other option than to turn Attendance policy thrown out, deemed 'arbitrary' A meAtpAcking company in London, Ont., will have to re-eval- uate its attendance policy after an arbitrator said it did not have the prerogative to change in the first place. Cargill, a live-kill chicken pro- cessing facility, came under fire for its attendance management program, which the union called unreasonable and unenforce- able under collective agreement as well as the provincial Human Rights Code and Employment TRANSPORTATION navstar Aviation montreal (39 baggage handlers and ramp attendants) and the Fédération du Commerce renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016. Signed on Dec. 1, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective on ramification: $200 bonus Effective 2015: 25¢ Effective 2016: 25¢ Power workers' Union ratifies deal with oPg Contract includes changes to wages, pension plan see Arbitration > pg. 6 see RCMP > pg. 7 ArbitrAtion AwArds A Supreme Court of Canada ruling earlier this year determined the right to join a union is constitutionally protected — a decision much lauded by a group of Ontario lawyers hoping to secure their own bargaining liberties.

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