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Strike averted
for Kelowna,
B.C., guards
KELOWNA, B.C. — In an ef-
fort to avoid strike action, Cana-
dian Union of Public Employees
(CUPE) 338 members — who
work as jail guards at the Kelow-
na RCMP Detachment — agreed
on Dec. 21 to enter binding arbi-
tration with Commissionaires
BC.
"We were able to reach a
last-minute agreement late
Thursday afternoon, prior to
the strike deadline," said Harry
Nott, CUPE national represen-
tative and lead negotiator. "We
believe this resolve will result in
a fair contract for our members,
and is also in the best interest of
Commissionaires BC, the City of
Kelowna and residents."
Both parties have agreed to
appoint arbitrator Mark Brown,
but a date for the arbitration has
not yet been set.
CUPE 338 represents 1,000
members who provide commu-
nity services to Kelowna area
residents and businesses.
Seventeen of those members
work at the Kelowna RCMP
detachment as jail guards and
provide services including
overseeing prisoners, assisting
with prisoner searches and cell
searches, organizing meals, re-
cording prisoner activity, and
finger printing
Second labour
complaint
against D-J
Composites
ST. JOHN'S — Unifor filed a
second unfair labour practice
complaint on Dec. 19 alleging
bad-faith bargaining against
the employer that locked out 32
aerospace workers one year ago.
"D-J Composites refuses to
abide by the normally accepted
practices for collective bargain-
ing, and clearly has no intention
of fulfilling its obligations to
these workers under the prov-
ince's employment laws," said
Shane Wark, assistant to Uni-
for's national president, at a rally
on the steps of the Confedera-
tion Building in St. John's.
D-J Composites was already
found guilty of bargaining in bad
faith with Unifor Local 597 by
the provincial labour board in
May 2017.
The complaint alleges D-J
Composites has failed to com-
ply with the board's May ruling
and continues to bargain in bad
faith, contrary to Section 75 of
the Labour Relations Act, said
the union.
Maison
Fraternité
workers join
OPSEU
OTTAWA — The Ontario Pub-
lic Service Employees Union
(OPSEU) continued to grow af-
ter 61 staff members at Maison
Fraternité in Ottawa voted to be-
come members on Dec. 18.
The agency provides treat-
ment and rehabilitation services
for francophones with addic-
tions and mental-health issues.
"OPSEU will now represent
all non-managerial staff at Mai-
son Fraternité," said Ed Arvelin,
chair of OPSEU's mental health
and addictions division. "That
includes psychotherapists, in-
tervenors, and educators, as well
as support staff."
"They were seeking a voice on
issues like shift allocation, hir-
ing, and promotion," said Arv-
elin. "Staff were concerned that
clients were not getting the best-
possible services and wanted a
say on the quality of the care they
delivered."
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