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OLG lockout continues in Ottawa
Pension changes, wage increases major sticking points for union
BY SABRINA NANJI
SINCE just before Christmas, about 120 workers at
the Rideau Carleton Raceway casino in Ottawa have
been locked out of their jobs.
In March, they were on the steps of Queen's Park in
Toronto, flags waving and hip hop blaring, during a
rally to get the provincial government to put pressure
on the Crown corporation to return the parties to the
bargaining table after talks broke down.
That same week, the union that represents the ca-
sino employees, the Public Service Alliance of Canada
(PSAC), filed an unfair labour practice complaint with
the provincial labour relations board for the alleged
hiring of so-called scab workers.
The impasse during negotiations could be attribut-
ed to wages and pensions — two major sticking points
for PSAC.
According to the union, Rideau Carleton work-
ers have not received a wage increase in the last
six years, and the modest bumps proffered by
March 21, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Grievance a moot point for temporary employee pg. 8
CMC Electronics pg. 3 Rolls Royce pg. 4 CMC Electronics pg. 4 Aklavik
Housing Association pg. 5 Information Communication Services pg. 5
Edmonton Public Library Board pg. 6 Saint John Construction Assoc. pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Sabrina
Nanji
pg. 2
Canada loses 2,300 jobs
Cheaper oil prices contribute
to job losses in the natural
resources sector in
February.
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg 8
see NDP > pg. 7
Housekeeper's
absenteeism costs her job
A HOUSEKEEPER with Maple
Leaf Sports and Entertainment
(MLSE) in Toronto will remain
unemployed, an arbitrator has
decided.
Shanyse Rowe, a part-time
housekeeper at MLSE, was fired
in accordance with a new atten-
dance policy in 2014. Rowe filed
a grievance against her employer
with the Teamsters Union Local
847.
In 2014, MLSE and the Team-
sters negotiated an attendance
PRODUCTION
Rolls Royce
Lachine, Que.
(750 production employees) and the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Local 869
Renewal agreement: Effective
March 24, 2013, to March 19,
2016. Signed on Mary 13, 2013.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 24, 2013: 3%
Effective March 23, 2014: 3%
Effective March 22, 2015: 3%
Shift premium: $1.05 per hour
PSAC and other unions held a rally outside Queen's Park in Toronto, calling on the
province to intervene at the bargaining table.
