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Sheraton
Guildford
Hotel deal
ratifi ed in B.C.
SURREY, B.C. — Striking
Unifor, Local 3000 members,
working at the Sheraton
Vancouver Guildford Hotel in
Surrey, B.C., voted 92 per cent
in favour of a new three-year
collective agreement on May
28, ending a four-week strike.
The new collective
agreement includes reduced
workloads for room attendants,
a $0.40-per-hour increase to
maintain current benefit levels
and wage increases of up to
eight per cent during the term
of the agreement, according to
Unifor.
OCEU
requests
'no board'
report
TORONTO — On May 28, the
union representing 140 em-
ployees at the Infrastructure
Health and Safety Association
(IHSA) said they have reached a
crossroads and requested a "no
board" report from the Ontario
Ministry of Labour.
"We believe the two sides are
close to an agreement, but it
became clear to us that we are
now at a crossroads," said Harry
Goslin, president of the On-
tario Compensation Employees
Union (OCEU), Local 1750, of
the Canadian Union of Public
Employees (CUPE).
IHSA provides health and
safety training, audit and evalu-
ation services to a range of On-
tario employers and employees
who perform high-risk activi-
ties, such as construction, elec-
trical work, dangerous goods
transport and utility line clear-
ing, said the union.
The ministry issues a no board
report when one of the parties
to a labour negotiation believes
that the sides have reached an
impasse and requests the report.
From the date of issue, the par-
ties then have 17 days before a
lockout or strike can occur, ac-
cording to CUPE.
The ministry expected to is-
sue the report by the end of the
week of June 4, and a lockout or
strike deadline is expected on or
around June 12, said the union.
Steelworkers
ratify 5-year
contract
with IOC
LABRADOR CITY, N.L. —
United Steelworkers (USW)
members in Labrador City,
N.L., ratified a five-year collec-
tive agreement with the Iron
Ore Company of Canada (IOC)
on May 28, ending a nine-week
strike.
More than 1,300 members of
USW, Locals 5795 and 6731 will
return to work over the next sev-
eral days, following ratification
votes in which about 80 per cent
of members approved new con-
tracts, said the union.
USW, Local 5795 members
voted 79 per cent in favour of
their collective agreement, while
Local 6731 approved their con-
tract by an 89 per cent majority,
said the union.
The workers at IOC's Labra-
dor West operations had been
on strike since March 26, said
USW.
The new collective agree-
ments include increases in
medical benefit coverage, wages
and pensions, as well as other
improvements, according to
Ron Thomas, president of the
1,300-member USW Local 5795.
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