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Unifor reaches
CHCH deal
in Hamilton
HAMILTON, Ont. — Fifteen
months after more than 100
workers at Hamilton TV station
CHCH lost their jobs with no
notice and no severance, Unifor
reached a deal March 27 to com-
pensate those workers.
Under the mediated settle-
ment, the station will pay out $1
million in severance and gen-
eral damages for workers denied
such payments after the Decem-
ber 2015 job cuts, and recogniz-
es Unifor as the sole bargaining
agent for the remaining staff at
CHCH, said Unifor.
"Without a union, these work-
ers still would have received
nothing," said Liz Marzari,
Unifor national representa-
tive. "Without today's deal, they
could be months or years from
seeing any settlement."
The agreement between the
union and the employer was
reached 15 months after Chan-
nel 11 declared bankruptcy and
the CHCH staff members lost
their jobs with no notice and no
severance. Local programming
was slashed from 80 hours a
week down to 17.5, according to
the union.
New deal for
Air Inuit after
2 years of talks
LAVAL, Que. — About 160
pilots and flight attendants
employed by Air Inuit in La-
val, Que., ratified a new collec-
tive agreement on March 7 that
guarantees peace with the air
carrier until 2023.
Teamsters Local Union 1999
has represented Air Inuit work-
ers since 1996.
Non-monetary and mon-
etary clauses will be enhanced
in the new contract, said the
union.
Negotiations — which began
in 2015 — were not without
snags. Management proposals
were twice rejected by Team-
sters members before being
ratified. The assistance of con-
ciliators and federal mediators
was also required during talks,
according to Teamsters.
"I would like to salute the
work of the negotiating com-
mittee, as well as the patience
shown by these workers, who
really pulled together for two
long years," said Michel Héroux,
chair of Teamsters Local 1999.
Strike begins
at community
living centre
CAMPBELLFORD, Ont. —
About 100 workers at Com-
munity Living Campbellford/
Brighton (CLCB) in Campbell-
ford, Ont., went on strike on
March 22.
Members of Ontario Public
Service Employees Union (OP-
SEU), Local 316 rejected the
employer's final offer at the bar-
gaining table, which was "a clear
consensus that this deal wasn't
addressing our main concerns,"
said Leslie Coles, vice-president
of OPSEU Local 316.
An issue that led members to
reject the offer is the employer's
demand that staff use their per-
sonal vehicles, which raised sig-
nificant concerns about health
and safety. Another issue was
the "sub-standard wage pack-
age" the employer offered, ac-
cording to the union.
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