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Casino workers docked pay
after poker game eliminated
AFTER a casino eliminated the
game of poker, it issued layoff no-
tices to 43 employees and reduced
their rates immediately — a move
that an arbitrator found was partly
against the collective agreement.
Starlight Casino in New West-
minster, B.C., was in the middle
of negotiations for a new collec-
tive agreement with its union, the
British Columbia Government
and Service Employees Union
(BCGEU) when the notices were
issued.
Strike at Chronicle Herald continues
Could paper's 'hard bargaining' lead to unfair labour complaint?
BY SABRINA NANJI
A STRIKE and ongoing labour dispute at the
Chronicle Herald in Halifax continues after talks
broke down again last week.
About 61 newsroom employees at the daily pa-
per walked off the job on Jan. 23 after negotiations
came to a halt earlier that week.
Management is seeking to lay off up to 18 em-
ployees, according to the Halifax Typographical
Union (HTU), which operates under the Com-
munications Workers of America-Canada union
(CWA Canada), along with reducing wages and
changing schedules and future pension benefits in
order to adapt to the financial demands of running
a newspaper in a bleeding industry.
The bargaining team made significant conces-
sions but the employer wouldn't budge, said Mar-
tin O'Hanlon, president of CWA Canada. That in-
cluded a five per cent wage decrease and changes
to severance provisions.
February 1, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Employee must allow access to psychologist's file pg. 8
Ontario Power Generation — Ont. pg. 3 Maritime Broadcasting System —
N.S. pg. 3 Queen's University — Ont. pg. 4 First Student Canada — B.C.
pg. 4 First Student Canada — B.C. pg. 5 Calgary Power — Alta. pg. 5
Wings Motor — B.C. pg. 6 Gate Gourmet — Ont. pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Halifax
Typographical
Union
pg. 2
Union calls for
ownership legislation
CWA calls on government
to address media
concentration
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Layoff > pg. 7
see Arbitration > pg 8
RETAIL
Acadia Toyota Scion
Moncton, N.B.
(Automobile dealers) and Unifor Local 4501
Renewal agreement: Effective
Nov. 1, 2014, to Oct. 31, 2018.
Signed on April 13, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 7, 2016: 2.25%
Effective March 6, 2017: 2.5%
Effective March 5, 2018: 3%
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Vacations with pay: 4% of
earnings to start, 2 weeks after 1
About 60 newsroom employees at the Chronicle Herald in Halifax walked off the job after
negotiations with their employer came to a halt last week.
