Mediator / Arbitrator William Kaplan awarded people in the health care bargaining unit an increase in shift and weekend premiums.
Health Care workers were awarded an increase of 50 cents per hour above their current hourly wage. Shift premiums are added compensation earned when people are assigned to work on evenings, overnights or weekends.
August 14, 2018 THUNDER BAY –Unifor Local 229 has reached a tentative agreement with doctors at the Port Arthur Health Centre that if ratified, would end a 128 day strike. “We have repeatedly said that the employer just needed to sit down and bargain and I am so proud of these 65 incredible women for their resolve over the last four months,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. A ratification vote will be held this evening. The PAHC board will then have to approve the agreement that was reached after just one day back at the bargaining table.
ANTIGONISH– Unifor members at three East Coast Credit Union (ECCU) branches in Nova Scotia voted 97 per cent to ratify a new collective agreement.
“I am so proud of the bargaining committee for their strength and solidarity to stand up for members’ pension benefits that were gained over many years at the bargaining table,” said Lana Payne, Atlantic Regional Director.
Unifor Local 2107 represents 44 full and part time workers, mostly women, in Antigonish, New Glasgow and St. Andrews.
THUNDER BAY – Unifor local 229 is pleased that the board of the Port Arthur Heath Care Centre has agreed to return to the bargaining table tomorrow.
"We are looking forward to sitting down to engage in a constructive dialogue and hope to reach an agreement that meets the needs of both parties and puts an end to a labour dispute that is entering its 19th week,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.
THUNDER BAY – Unifor is optimistic bargaining will resume next week to end a 124 day long strike after Unifor ended a brief disruption of services at the Port Arthur Health Centre.
“All we have wanted to do for 19 weeks is to sit down and bargain a fair agreement with the doctors who own the centre and we hope they will seize this opportunity,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.
Unifor Local 229 represents 65 women who work as appointment secretaries, medical aides and in medical records at the centre.
August 9, 2018 THUNDER BAY – Unifor has presented an offer to the Port Arthur Health Centre to settle the 124 day long strike by 65 women, members of Unifor Local 229. “This offer is fair to both sides, and more importantly would pave the way to quickly reopen the health centre so patients can get the health care they need,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias. “All we need now is for the doctors to return the table and negotiate a final agreement.”
An award has been issued by Mediator / Arbitrator William Kaplan which concludes a collective agreement for more than 6,000 employees in the Health Care Bargaining Unit at the NSHA and the IWK Children’s hospital.
The process leading to this arbitration award began nearly two years ago when the Council of Health Care Unions began to negotiate 16 collective agreements down to one each for the IWK and NSHA.
GANDER - Union members from across Atlantic Canada showed solidarity with Local 597 members at D-J Composites today to mark the 597th day of a shameful lock out.
“The workers of D-J Composites have shown remarkable strength and resolve in the 19 months since they were locked out by their employer,” said FFAW-Unifor President Keith Sullivan at the rally. “This situation has exposed the complete inadequacy of our province’s labour laws when it comes to protecting the rights of workers when employers decide to trample on those rights.”
THUNDER BAY - After 121 days on a picket line, 65 workers at the Port Arthur Health Centre are taking a stand against an employer who refuses to negotiate. “The doctors who own this Centre have repeatedly refused to return to negotiations for more than four months now. Enough is enough,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “We gave plenty of notice that if they did not come back to bargaining, we would shut the clinic down, unfortunately that means disrupting service to patients.”
GANDER - Members of Unifor Local 597 will mark the 597th day since their American-based employer locked them out, with a community barbecue in Gander.
“If this province had stronger labour laws, D-J Composites would never get away with its shameful union busting and would have to instead negotiate fairly,” said Lana Payne, Atlantic Regional Director.
Just days before Christmas in 2016, Kansas State based company, D-J Composites, locked-out 31 workers at the aerospace manufacturing facility in Gander.
THUNDER BAY – The wealthy doctors who own the Port Arthur Health Centre have once again refused to return to the bargaining table while 65 workers are about to spend an 18th week on a picket line.
ANTIGONISH N.S. – The bargaining committee for Unifor Local 2107 has reached a tentative agreement with East Coast Credit Union, averting a strike at three branches in Nova Scotia.
While the union and the employer were in a legal strike/lock-out position as of today, members will now vote on this tentative agreement, which is being recommended unanimously by the bargaining team lead by Unifor’s chief negotiator, Linda McNeil.
No details will be released until the tentative agreement is presented in detail to the members.
TORONTO – Unifor will respect the IATSE Local 58 picket line after staging, rigging and technical support workers were locked out at the Toronto Exhibition Place.
“It is shameful that workers of colour will be forced to either cross a picket line or miss out on an important cultural event,” said Christine Maclin, Unifor National Human Rights Director.
Unifor has cancelled its contingent in the 2018 Toronto Caribbean Festival Grand Parade.
THUNDER BAY – Health care workers at Port Arthur Health Centre, Unifor Local 229 members, will be asking to speak to municipal officials at a City Council meeting in Thunder Bay on Monday, July 30, 2018. "These 65 striking workers, all women, have been on the picket line for over 100 days now,” said Katha Fortier, Assistant to the National President. “It's time for the employer to get back to negotiations. All the union is asking for is fair, living wages, and an end to the years of ongoing contract employment.”
THE PAS—Members of Unifor Local 1403 have voted to ratify a new three-year collective agreement with the employer, Canadian Kraft Paper (CKP).
“Thanks to the hard work of Unifor members, the CKP mill is successful and critical to the economy of this region,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “CKP is a great example of how unions, employers, and government can work together to help rural economies thrive.”
TORONTO—Unifor members at Casino Ajax, Elements Casino Brantford, and Great Blue Heron Casino in Port Perry have ratified a new four-year collective agreement with Great Canadian Casinos.
“Unifor members are pivotal to the profitability of the gaming sector,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Casino workers have earned a share of the gains enjoyed by the employer.”
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