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March 27, 2017
TRANSPORTATION
XTL Transport
Montreal
(150 transport and equipment operators) and
Teamsters Canada, Locals 106 and 938
Renewal agreement: Effective
Oct. 2, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2020.
Signed on Dec. 9, 2016.
Shift premium: $75 premium
(previously $65) will apply on all
trips to the island of New York.
$100 maximum per day for lay-
over on the island of New York.
N.B. nursing home worker
'really rough' with resident
AFTER A nursing home resi-
dent in New Brunswick soiled his
clothing, an attendant become
overly aggressive with cleaning
and care.
Attendants Mark Roy and
Polly O'Donnell attended the
resident's room (identified as
"X") at the Campbellton Nursing
Home in Campbellton, N.B., on
Aug. 22, 2015, when he needed to
be changed. When she arrived in
the room, Roy appeared red-faced
and began ranting about another
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
University of New Brunswick — New Brunswick pg. 3 Colonial Cookies —
Ontario pg. 4 Charlottetown Airport Authority — Prince Edward Island pg. 5
Prince Albert Co-Operative Association — Saskatchewan pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
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pg. 2
Guelph University deal
Last-minute agreement made
between CUPE and post-
secondary institution,
averting strike
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Second last-chance agreement breached by B.C. cut-off saw operator pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg 8
Company can't change 35 years
of past practice on shift premiums
Must change collective
agreement: Arbitrator
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ONTARIO company has been unsuc-
cessful in its attempt to avoid paying two sepa-
rate shift premiums to employees who qualify
for both without negotiating a change in the
collective agreement.
Dufferin Aggregates is a company based
in Concord, Ont., that operates a quarry in
the Halton region. Since 1978, Dufferin Ag-
gregate's collective agreement stipulated that
the hours of work for its employees were nine
hours at straight time rates from Monday to
Friday.
There was also a provision that stated
see Collective > pg. 7