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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
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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.