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March
16,
2015
ArbitrAtion
AwArds
see
Collective
agreements
>
pg.
3
Employer
fails
to
properly
assess
experience
pg.
8
Immeubles
RB
Ltée
Boucherville
pg.
3
Université
de
Québec
pg.
3
Government
of
Ontario
pg.
4
College
Employer
Council
pg.
4
Freshwater
Fish
Marketing
Corp.
pg.
5
The
Beechwood
pg.
5
Child
Development
Centre
pg.
6
College
Employer
Council
pg.
6
ColleCtive
Agreements
ColleCtive
Agreements
Photo:
Blair
Gable
(Reuters)
Negotiation
Skills
-
April
19-24,
2015:
Kingston
Developing
Negotiating
Styles
and
Tactics
to
Master
the
Dynamics
of
Collective
Bargaining.
i
r
c
.
q
u
e
e
n
s
u
.
c
a
pg.
2
Alberta
charts
new
bargaining
territory
Public
sector
unions
caution
against
centralized
model
By
SaBrina
nanji
New
reforms
iNtroduced
in
Al-
berta
will
streamline
negotiations
between
the
government
and
public
sector
unions,
according
to
the
premier.
Jim
Prentice
announced
earlier
this
month
that
the
provincial
government
will
overhaul
the
way
it
bargains
with
public
ser-
vice
unions,
in
order
to
establish
a
co-ordi-
nated
and
disciplined
approach.
On
the
heels
of
the
announcement,
Prentice
also
established
a
working
group
to
address
labour
relations,
led
by
Alberta's
justice
and
solicitor-general
deputy
minister,
Tim
Grant.
Grant
is
tasked
with
developing
a
fund-
ing
mechanism
that
is
"fair,
consistent
and
respectful
of
both
workers
and
taxpayers,"
according
to
Prentice,
and
is
expected
to
re-
port
back
in
four
months.
Until
then,
labour
groups
warn
that
their
clout
at
the
bargaining
table
may
be
dwindling.
cP
rail's
test
for
vision-impaired
conductor
'flawed':
Arbitrator
A
coNductor
and
locomo-
tive
engineer
who
suffers
from
a
vision
impairment
was
given
a
clean
bill
of
health
to
return
to
his
normal
operations
by
an
arbitra-
tor
after
CP
Rail's
testing
process
was
found
to
be
flawed.
The
conductor,
whose
name
was
not
provided
given
that
the
hearing
pertains
to
his
disability,
suffered
from
a
"non-degenera-
tive
mild-to-moderate
colour
vi-
sion
defect,"
according
to
arbi-
trator
Christine
Schmidt
—
the
second
time
she
has
presided
over
MUNICIPALITY
city
of
terrace
terrace,
B.c.
(120
inside
and
outside
employees)
and
the
Canadian
Union
of
Public
Employees
(CUPE)
Local
2012
renewal
agreement:
Effective
Jan.
1,
2015,
to
Dec.
31,
2017.
Signed
on
Feb.
2,
2015.
shift
premium:
70¢
for
em-
ployees
required
to
operate
a
jackhammer
or
power
compac-
tor.
$1.70
per
hour
for
employ-
ees
required
to
manually
clean
or
repair
sanitary
sewers.
$1.70
With
a
forthcoming
budget
that
hints
at
austerity
and
an
overhaul
of
labour
relations,
Al-
berta
Premier
Jim
Prentice
looks
to
tighten
purse
strings
—
which
could
spell
cuts
for
unions.
Job
quality
at
record
low:
CIBC
report
Drop
in
job
quality
more
structural
than
cyclical
see
Arbitration
>
pg.
8
see
Province>
pg.
7
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