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October 5, 2015
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Accommodation would have resulted in undue hardship pg. 8
Saipem Canada pg. 3 Zenith Logistics pg. 3 Friends of the Alberta Jubilee
Auditoria Society pg. 4 Government of Yukon pg. 4 Ville de Terrebonne pg.
4 McMahon Distributeur Pharmaceutique pg. 5 Brand Energy Solutions
pg. 5 Canada Cartage System pg. 6 Le Group Bell-Horizon pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Andy
Clark
(Reuters)
Labour Relations Foundations, November 23-27, 2015: Vic toria
Laying the Groundwork for Excellence in Union-Management Relations
Mastering Fac t-Finding and Investigation, December 1-4, 2015: Vic toria
Building Internal Capacity to Effectively Deal with Workplace Complaints
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pg. 2
Seafarers' union launches legal challenge
Says use of temporary foreign workers leaves domestic seamen out of work
BY SABRINA NANJI
DESPITE AN OVERHAUL over the past
year, Canada's temporary foreign worker pro-
gram is again the target of flak — this time,
from the union representing domestic sailors
who are legally challenging the federal gov-
ernment.
The Seafarers' International Union of Can-
ada (SIU) filed an application against the fed-
eral government for judicial review in mid-
September, saying the law allows a loophole
for foreign vessels to hire temporary foreign
workers — sometimes at wages as low as $2
per hour — over readily available Canadian
seamen, 25 per cent of whom are underem-
ployed, according to the union.
"Qualified Canadian maritime workers
have lost more than 2,000 jobs," said SIU's
president Jim Given. "They have been re-
placed by temporary foreign workers earning
just $2 an hour."
Doctor's note gets worker
out of doing overtime
AN EMPLOYEE AT Rio Tinto
Alcan's Kitimat, B.C., operation
was reinstated by an arbitrator af-
ter being terminated over an over-
time restriction.
The restriction, imposed on
grievor Jason Milne by his doc-
tor, said Milne could not perform
overtime duties because of stress-
related concerns.
The issue arose in October
2013 when Rio Tinto announced
it would be reducing the amount
of time off accrued by employees
GOVERNMENT
City of Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Sask.
(170 inside employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 882
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016.
Signed on April 27, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 3%
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Domestic sailors say they are being passed over for shipping jobs given to foreign workers.
Unifor to file complaint
Union accuses Coventry, Air-
port Authority of unfair labour
practices in dispute
with taxi drivers
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Employers > pg. 7
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
