Pacifi c
Coach Lines
workers ratify
collective
agreement
VANCOUVER — Employees at
Pacific Coach Lines in Vancou-
ver ratified a four-year agree-
ment.
The workers — represented
by Unifor Local 114 — voted 98
per cent in favour of the deal.
Drivers, mechanics, service staff
and ticket agents — 77 employ-
ees in total — will be affected by
the collective agreement.
The contract was ratified on
May 17 and includes improve-
ments to benefit qualifications,
full-time classification and sev-
erance packages for long-serv-
ing members.
The severance package was an
issue of contention for the par-
ties during negotiations. Unifor
members at the company were
locked out in early May after
voting in favour of labour action
in 2015.
No picket line was ever estab-
lished, however, and the union
alleged the lockout was an at-
tempt by the employer to avoid
bargaining in good faith and
deny long-serving employees a
fair severance package.
"This was a difficult negotia-
tion," said Unifor national repre-
sentative Mario Santos.
"Looking to the future, we
believe this agreement provides
PCL with the tools they need to
grow their business and ensure
stability for the company and for
our members."
Employees
at Montreal's
Old Port vote
to strike
MONTREAL — Montreal's Old
Port employees recently voted
in favour of a strike mandate
after members of the Syndicat
des Employés du Vieux-Port de
Montréal rejected the employ-
er's offer.
Employees working in secu-
rity, in sales, in the Montreal
Science Centre and at the ticket
office have been without a collec-
tive agreement since March 31.
The union is calling for bet-
ter working conditions and for
entry-level wages to be boosted
to $15 per hour.
According to the Old Port of
Montréal Corporation, the aver-
age salary of unionized employ-
ees is $17.09 per hour and its
most recent offer included wage
increases of 9.5 per cent over
four years.
The parties resumed negotia-
tions on May 27 but are no closer
to an agreement, said the em-
ployer.
Kids Help
Phone
employees
reach tentative
agreement
TORONTO — Local 515 of the
Ontario Public Service Employ-
ees Union (OPSEU) and To-
ronto's Kids Help Phone recently
signed a tentative agreement.
Negotiations lasted for over
eight months, according to the
union.
OPSEU's bargaining team is
unanimously recommending
members ratify the deal. A vote
is scheduled for June 2.
The contract — details of
which are not being released
pending ratification by union
members — will affect 52 front-
line staff members.
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