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ArbitrAtion
AwArds
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Transit driver dismissed after rowdy ride pg. 8
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety pg. 3 Unicoop,
Coopérative Agricole pg. 3 Les Entreprises Real Caron pg. 4 SMIT
Harbour Towage pg. 4 Sarens Canada pg. 5 Circon Construction pg.
5 Government of Alberta pg. 6 Clipper Navigation pg. 6
ColleCtive
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Photo:
Benoit
Tessier
(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
Gawker votes 'yes' on union
Organized labour at digital media company could be start of trend
By SaBrina nanji
Gawker Media has gone union. About
120 workers at the digital media outlet, head-
quartered in New York City, voted 75 per
cent in favour of joining the Writers Guild
of America East (WGAE) union on June 3 —
making it the first major online-only organi-
zation with a union shop.
In a post published on Gawker's website
under the banner "Why we've decided to or-
ganize," senior writer Hamilton Nolan wrote
"Every workplace could use a union."
It's a sentiment mirrored across many of
Gawker's editorial staff, he said.
"We have a lot of lefties working here and a
lot of people were probably positively disposed
to labour organizing from the start," Nolan said
in an interview, adding the campaign was rela-
tively well-received by management.
What the writers sought was the establish-
ment of a wage scale, a severance-pay system
employer's new policies
cause problems
Two new policies intro-
duced by Veyance Technologies
Canada were met with resistance
by the United Steelworkers Local
7175 recently. The manufacturer
employs about 146 USW mem-
bers at its Coburg, Ont., facility.
The first grievance relates to
the employer's smoking policy.
First announced in 2014, the
policy was implemented in two
phases.
In 2014, employees were al-
lowed to smoke in a designated
EDUCATION
dalhousie University
halifax
(900 professors) and the Dalhousie Faculty Association
renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2017.
Signed on Jan. 1, 2015.
wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2014: 2%
Effective July 1, 2014: $2,541
career development increment
Effective July 1, 2015: 1.75%
Effective July 1, 2015: $2,558
career development increment
Unifor lauds auto strategy
Former Toyota chairman Ray
Tanguay to advise government,
business on
auto sector
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Wake-up > pg. 7
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
The Writers Guild of America union scored a big win following a successful certification drive at Gawker
Media, which is now the first wholly digital media outlet with a union shop.