USW
signs with
Hampton Inn/
Homewood
Suites
SUDBURY, Ont. — United
Steelworkers (USW) Local 2020
members and the Hampton Inn
and Homewood Suites in Sud-
bury, Ont., have negotiated a
new collective agreement pro-
viding wage increases and other
improvements, according to the
union.
Gains in the three-year agree-
ment — covering 70 employees
at the two hotels — include wage
increases of 40 cents an hour in
each year of the deal. The wage
increases amount to annual 3.2
per cent pay hikes for most em-
ployees.
Other contract improvements
include an additional floater day
off in each year of the agreement,
a reduction in employee co-pay
fees for benefits and a commit-
ment for a joint labour-man-
agement committee to review
the benefits package to further
reduce the cost of benefits, ac-
cording to the union.
The employees and hotels
also negotiated new contract
language to provide leave for
workers affected by domestic
violence.
Cold Lake,
Alta., seniors'
home workers
vote to strike
COLD LAKE, Alta. — Employ-
ees of Points West Living in Cold
Lake voted to go on strike.
The vote was held after the
employer broke off negotia-
tions with the Alberta Union of
Provincial Employees (AUPE)
earlier this month, according to
the union.
Points West Living is one of
the most profitable seniors' care
providers in Alberta, according
to the union. The Ontario-based
company expects to grow to a
value of $500 million over the
next five years.
Once the Alberta Labour Rela-
tions Board confirms the results
of the vote, the workers will be
in a legal position to strike after
serving notice to their employer
of the time and date that the strike
will begin.
Notice must be served at least
72 hours in advance.
Nova Scotia
teachers
recommend
acceptance
HALIFAX — The president of
the Nova Scotia Teachers Union
says the union's executive is rec-
ommending acceptance of a new
tentative contract with the pro-
vincial government.
Liette Doucet says the recom-
mendation comes after the de-
tails were revealed to the execu-
tive on Thursday.
Doucet says details of the con-
tract will be revealed to union
members during meetings this
week.
She says a ratification vote
for the province's 9,000 public
school teachers will be held
Oct. 4.
Details of the new agreement
have been kept under wraps
since it was announced Sept. 7.
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