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August 3, 2015
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Expansion of grievance denied by arbitration board pg. 8
First Canada pg. 3 TransAlta pg. 3 Van-Kan Freightways, Seaboard
Cartage, Wings Motor Cartage pg. 4 Commissionaires Nova Scotia pg.
4 Gate Gourmet Canada pg. 5 Transport Kepa pg. 5 Conseil de la
Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon pg. 6 Island Tug and Barge pg. 6
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 government proposes
public sector-union merger changes
No vote if 1 union
represents 60 per
cent of workforce
BY SABRINA NANJI
A PROPOSAL to change the way Ontario's
public sector unions merge bargaining units
has raised the eyebrows of organized labour
— but the government says the changes will
streamline the process.
Bill 109, known as the Employment and
Labour Statute Law Amendment Act, was in-
troduced at Queen's Park earlier this summer
by labour minister Kevin Flynn and amends
various statutes governing how the province
deals with its unions.
Under the current draft, when an employer
must merge bargaining units following an
Fired engineer raises
additional back pay concerns
FRED RAININGER, an engi-
neering technician who was re-
instated after being terminated
from Durham, Ont.-based electri-
cal power distribution company
Veridian, had a followup griev-
ance regarding back pay.
There were three main griev-
ances filed against Veridian by
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers (IBEW) union
pertaining to Raininger's back pay.
He had been reinstated with full
compensation by arbitrator Lorne
CONSTRUCTION
Nuna Contracting
Yellowknife, N.W.T.
(6 labourers) and the Construction Workers Union Local 63, affiliated
with the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC)
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017.
Signed on Feb. 6, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2%
Shift premium: 50¢ for stew-
ards, $1 for lead hands.
Steelworkers ratify contracts
in Cambridge, Ont.
Deal with Frito Lay includes
job security, apprenticeship
programs
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Changes > pg. 7
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
A proposal being floated at Queen's Park by Ontario labour minister Kevin Flynn would eliminate the
need for a bargaining unit merger vote when one union already represents 60 per cent of the workforce.
