Toronto
outside, inside
workers in
strike position
TORONTO — Members of the
Toronto Civic Employees Union
— Local 416 of the Canadian
Union of Public Employees —
gave the union a strong mandate
in support of a work stoppage.
The union represents 6,000
outside workers in Toronto, in-
cluding garbage collectors. The
employees join the city's 20,000
inside workers — represented
by CUPE Local 79 — in their au-
thorization of a walkout if a new
contract isn't reached.
The contracts for both unions
expired on Dec. 31. According to
the union, the workers' support
of a strike is crucial in light of the
city's recent move to request a
provincial conciliator.
"We are concerned that the
city is choosing to take an ag-
gressive approach to bargain-
ing," said Matt Alloway, a mem-
ber of the CUPE bargaining
committee.
"With this mandate, we are
confident that we are in a posi-
tion to negotiate an agreement
that can strengthen the city's
services by providing the work-
ers who deliver those services
with good, stable jobs."
Port Metro
Vancouver
dispute sees
illegal use of
replacement
workers
VANCOUVER — The BC La-
bour Relations Board (BCLRB)
ruled trucking company Port
Transport made illegal use of
replacement workers during the
current labour dispute at Port
Metro Vancouver.
The BCLRB ordered the com-
pany to immediately cease and
desist, provide disclosure of
dispatch records to Unifor on a
weekly basis and make payment
of financial damages.
Trucking employees started
labour action in November 2015
after being without a contract
for 18 months. The drivers shut
down Port Metro Vancouver for
nearly four weeks in March 2014
in protest of wage undercutting
and long wait times.
Only Port Transport and Har-
bour Link Container Services
remain behind picket lines after
75 per cent of truck drivers rep-
resented by Unifor ratified col-
lective agreements.
The union's new contracts
with six other trucking com-
panies will expire in July 2019.
Under the new agreements, out-
standing retro pay will be paid
out to drivers within 30 days.
The deals also improve rates for
CN and CP moves and fix the
pay chart for "off dock" moves.
Unifor called the agreements
a major step towards stability at
Port Metro Vancouver, provid-
ing job security protections and
improvements to dispatching
language.
"Replacement workers don't
solve strikes, they only make
matters worse," said Gavin Mc-
Garrigle, Unifor's BC area direc-
tor. "Our members are strong
and determined. The only solu-
tion here is for these companies
to stop the games and sign the
pattern deal inked by most of the
sector."
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