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Millworker displaced
by technological change
not entitled to severance pay
MILLWORKERS Manjit Ni-
jjer and George McEwen both lost
their jobs because of a techno-
logical change at Canadian Forest
Products, but at the time were on
disability leave, which complicat-
ed the terms of their severance pay
entitlement.
Both worked as planer graders
at the company's Prince George,
RCMP inch closer to collective bargaining
Legislation delayed but Liberals promise new labour scheme by February
BY SABRINA NANJI
THE MOUNTIES are one step closer to collective
bargaining. At the end of 2015, the Liberals
announced the legislation granting the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police the right to collective
bargaining would be introduced at the end of
February — nearly two months after the Supreme
Court of Canada's deadline.
The Supreme Court had ruled in January 2015 that
the Mounties would have the right to unionize and
operate under a collective agreement. In its 6-1 deci-
sion, the Supreme Court determined the denial of
the right to form a union and collectively bargain an
employment agreement violated the RCMP's right
to freedom of association, which is guaranteed in the
Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
"As the minister responsible for the RCMP, I am
pleased to announce that the government will soon
be introducing a bill to respond to the Supreme Court
of Canada's January 2015 decision on the case," said
January 12, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Employee dismissed after injury-related absence pg. 6
Imperial Parking Canada — Ontario pg. 3 Nova Scotia Construction Labour
Relations Association — Nova Scotia pg. 4 Nova Scotia Construction Labour
Relations Association — Nova Scotia pg. 4 West Wind Airline —
Saskatchewan pg. 5 DHL — British Columbia pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Dan
Riedlhuber
(Reuters)
pg. 2
PTSD recognized as
occupational disease
Coverage extended under
Workers Compensa-
tion Board
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Contract > pg. 7
see Arbitration > pg 6
CONSTRUCTION
York Concrete
Toronto
(2 employees) and the Construction Workers Local 52,
Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC)
Renewal agreement: Effective
April 1, 2015, to March 31,
2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2016: 2.4%
Effective April 1, 2017: 2.3%
Effective April 1, 2018: 2.2%
Calculated by CLR
Shift premium: 50¢ for lead
hands.
Up until now, the RCMP was the only police force in Canada without the right to
collectively bargain. Come February, a new labour relations bill will change that.
