Marianopolis
teaching
faculty
sign fi rst
agreement
MONTREAL — The teaching
faculty at Marianopolis Col-
lege in Montreal unanimously
approved their first collective
agreement.
The deal — reached two years
after the employees unionized
in April 2014 — includes rules
for evaluating teachers as well as
rules for governing disciplinary
measures.
A dispute resolution proce-
dure in line with those found in
other contracts in the private ed-
ucation sector was also included
in the collective agreement.
The teachers affected by the
agreement are represented
by the Marianopolis College
Teachers' Union, which became
affiliated with the Fédération
Nationale des Enseignantes et
Enseignants du Québec (FNE-
EQ-CSN) in its efforts to reach
an agreement with the employer.
"There is a clear advantage
to joining forces," said FNEEQ-
CSN vice-president Caroline
Quesnel.
"In the private sector alone,
we have added more than a doz-
en new unions in the past four
years."
The contract — which will
expire in three years — was
reached after 33 negotiating
sessions. Twelve of those ses-
sions took place in the presence
of a conciliator appointed by the
Minister of Labour.
Toronto
Public Library
Board ratifi es
collective
agreement
TORONTO — The Toronto
Public Library Board and its
employees — represented by
the Canadian Union of Public
Employees (CUPE) Local 4948
— recently ratified a collective
agreement with Toronto Public
Library workers.
The four-year agreement in-
cludes annual wage improve-
ments as well as improvements
to address the issue of precarious
employment.
According to the union, more
than half of all jobs at the To-
ronto Public Library can be de-
scribed as "precarious."
The tentative deal was reached
following a marathon round of
bargaining.
"We said at the onset that our
members wanted and needed
a collective agreement that ad-
dressed the unique needs of our
workforce," said CUPE 4948
president Maureen O'Reilly.
"Half of our members are pre-
cariously employed, and three-
quarters are women, and this
agreement is a good — albeit
small — step in the right direc-
tion for them."
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