Workplace Bulletin

April 27, 2006

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In this issue

Recent Collective Bargaining Settlements
Current and Upcoming Key Negotiations
Major Work Stoppages
The Canadian Labour Congress at 50: Commitment and Determination
Beyond Collision: High Integrity Labour Relations — NorskeCanada and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Case Study
Coming in the next Bulletin
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Recent Collective Bargaining Settlements

Available summary reports of the most recent collective bargaining settlements are presented with an emphasis on the main negotiated changes to the previous collective agreement. Use the individual links below to access the reports.

Province, Employer and Location Union, Bargaining Unit File Number		Settlement Date ************ Term of Contract

Prince Edward Island

Health Services & Regional Health Authorities of PEI ,		Dec 14/2005 ************ Apr 01/2004 – Mar 31/2007
province-wide
	Canadian Union of Public Employees
	(800 non-medical employees)
0538009

Nova Scotia

Halifax Regional Municipality ,		Nov 08/2005 ************ Nov 01/2004 – Oct 31/2008
Halifax
	Canadian Union of Public Employees
	(530 outside employees)
1195703

New Brunswick

New Brunswick Power Corporation,		Nov 15/2005 ************ Jan 01/2006 – Dec 31/2007
province-wide
	International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
	(600 customer service employees)
1284902

Quebec

Associated Clothing Manufacturers of the Province of Quebec, Inc.,		Nov 30/2005 ************ Dec 01/2005 – Nov 30/2009
Montréal
	Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees
	(3,200 production employees)
0090508

Canadian Forces Base,		Feb 13/2006 ************ May 01/2005 – Jun 30/2008
Valcartier
	Public Service Alliance of Canada
	(130 operational employees; administrative services employees)
0846808

City of Gatineau ,		Oct 25/2005 ************ Jan 01/2002 – Dec 31/2007
Gatineau
	Fédération des employées et employés de services publics inc.
	(680 inside employees)
1349501

Innotech Aviation, Division of Groupe I.M.P. Limitée,		Dec 23/2005 ************ Jul 01/2005 – Jun 30/2009
Dorval
	Employees' Association of Innotech Aviation Enterprises Ltd.
	(100 aircraft maintenance employees)
0977506

Les ameublements El Ran Ltée,		Oct 11/2005 ************ Apr 01/2005 – Mar 31/2010 Reopener: Apr 01/2008
Pointe-Claire
	Association des employés d'ameublement El Ran Inc.
	(510 production employees)
1138903

MusiquePlus Inc.,		Oct 23/2005 ************ Sep 01/2005 – Aug 30/2008
Montréal
	Syndicat des employées et employés de MusiquePlus
	(150 broadcast and television employees)
1296002

TD Visa,		Dec 07/2005 ************ Dec 07/2005 – Mar 31/2007
Montréal
	Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
	(120 customer service employees)
1344101

University of Montréal ,		Oct 03/2005 ************ May 02/2005 – Aug 31/2006
Montréal
	Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec
	(2,200 lecturers)
0752008

University of Montréal ,		Dec 15/2005 ************ Jun 01/2005 – May 31/2008
Montréal
	Syndicat général des professeurs de l'Université de Montréal
	(1,300 professors)
0524012

Ontario

Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est,		Oct 03/2005 ************ Sep 01/2006 – Aug 31/2008
Ottawa
	Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens
	(800 elementary and secondary teachers)
1127505

Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes Rivières,		Oct 03/2005 ************ Sep 01/2006 – Aug 31/2008
Timmins
	Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens
	(650 elementary and secondary teachers)
1127204

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud,		Oct 03/2005 ************ Sep 01/2006 – Aug 31/2008
Toronto
	Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco ontariens
	(730 elementary and secondary teachers)
1127304

Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est Ontarien,		Oct 03/2005 ************ Sep 01/2006 – Aug 31/2008
L'Orignal
	Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco ontariens
	(630 elementary and secondary teachers)
1127404

DHL Express Canada Ltd.,		Oct 28/2005 ************ Nov 01/2005 – Oct 31/2008
province-wide
	National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-CANADA)
	(1,100 couriers; owner operators; office employees)
0366409

Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board,		Feb 23/2006 ************ Sep 01/2004 – Aug 31/2008
Peterborough
	Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
	(640 occasional teachers)
1232605

Lear Canada Ltd.,		Nov 23/2005 ************ Nov 26/2005 – Nov 21/2008
Whitby
	National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-CANADA)
	(740 plant and maintenance employees)
1299002

National Grocers Co. Ltd.,		Nov 10/2005 ************ Nov 01/2004 – Apr 15/2013
Toronto
	United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
	(770 warehouse employees)
0431509

Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service,		Oct 11/2005 ************ Apr 01/2005 – Mar 31/2007
Ottawa
	Canadian Union of Public Employees
	(860 health service and trade employees)
1057604

The Shopping Channel,		Nov 16/2005 ************ Nov 15/2005 – Nov 14/2008
Toronto , Brampton and Mississauga
	United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers Intl. Union
	(250 retail and call centre employees; warehouse employees)
1277603

Transit Windsor ,		Dec 04/2005 ************ Oct 01/2005 – Sep 30/2009
Windsor
	Amalgamated Transit Union
	(200 bus drivers; administrative services employees; service and maintenance employees)
0376710

Walker Exhausts,		Nov 26/2005 ************ Feb 07/2006 – Feb 06/2009
Cambridge
	United Steelworkers of America
	(600 plant and maintenance employees)
0199009

Alberta

Grant MacEwan College ,		Oct 18/2005 ************ Jul 01/2004 – Jun 30/2008 Reopener: Jul 01/2007
Edmonton
	Grant MacEwan College Faculty Association
	(1,250 professors)
1353601

British Columbia

Okanagan Mainline Municipal Labour Relations Association,		Oct 18/2005 ************ Jan 01/2006 – Dec 31/2009
Kelowna
	Canadian Union of Public Employees
	(530 inside employees; outside employees)
0729408

Nunavut

Government of Nunavut ,		Nov 14/2005 ************ Jul 01/2005 – Jun 30/2009
Territory-wide
	Federation of Nunavut Teachers
	(640 elementary and secondary teachers)
1229903

Multiprovince

Algoma Central Railway Inc.,		Nov 28/2005 ************ Feb 01/2005 – Jan 31/2010
system-wide
	various unions
	(120 operating employees; shopcraft employees; non-operating employees)
1024204

Bombardier Inc.,		Oct 23/2005 ************ Jul 02/2005 – Jun 30/2007
Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan and Cold Lake , Alberta
	International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
	(130 aircraft maintenance employees)
1343301

St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation,		Dec 01/2005 ************ Apr 01/2005 – Mar 31/2008
Maisonneuve Region , Quebec and Niagara Falls , Ontario
	National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-CANADA)
	(120 supervisors)
0326609

St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation,		Dec 01/2005 ************ Apr 01/2005 – Mar 31/2008
St. Lawrence Region, Multiprovince and Cornwall , Ontario
	National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-CANADA)
	(460 operational employees)
0326510

Upper Lakes Group Inc.,		Nov 18/2005 ************ Apr 01/2005 – Mar 31/2008
Great Lakes Region, Multiprovince and St. Lawrence Region, Multiprovince
	National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-CANADA)
	(300 unlicensed personnel)
0318908

A full listing of recent collective bargaining settlements is available in PDF format at Current Settlement Listing.

Negotech, a searchable labour relations database provides timely settlement reports and full text of collective agreements in Canada.

Current and Upcoming Key Negotiations

covering 500 or more employees

Employer

Union

Employees

Status *

Expiry Month

Federal Jurisdiction

Public Sector

Government of Canada

various unions

28,500

CO/B

May 02-Sep 05

Canada Post

CUPW/CPAA

12,630

Dec 05

Atomic Energy of Canada (Ont. and Que.)

various unions

1,610

Dec 05/Mar 06

Communications Security Establishment

PSAC

1,000

Feb 06

National Research Council of Canada

various unions

1,000

Dec 04/Apr 05

CBC/Radio-Canada

various unions

910

Dec 05

Private Sector

NAV CANADA

CAW-CANADA/ IBEW

2,000

B/TENT/MED

May 05/Aug 05

Air Transat

CUPE

1,180

Oct 05

TELUS Corp. (Que)

CUPE

1,140

Dec 05/Mar 06

Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company

various unions

1,090

Dec 05

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool

Grain Services Union

750

Jan 06

Vancouver Terminal Elevators' Association

BCGSE

650

Dec 05

Provincial and Territorial Jurisdictions

Public Sector

Ontario Hospital Association

ONA/OPSEU

51,540

Mar 06

British Columbia Public School Employers Association

Teachers

42,000

Jun 06

British Columbia Health Sector

various unions

29,000

TENT

Mar 06

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Nurses/Teachers/Healthcare

13,700

B/TENT

Aug 04/Jun 05

Government of Manitoba

MGGEU

12,100

Mar 06

Government of New Brunswick

NBPEA/CUPE

11,050

B/CO

Aug 04/Mar 05

College Compensation and Appointments Council (Ont.)

OPSEU

9,100

ARB

Aug 05

Calgary Health Authority

AUPE

8,500

TENT/B

Mar 04/Mar 05

Government of Ontario

Police

7,680

Dec 05

Government of Nova Scotia

CUPE/ CAW-CANADA

5,800

Mar 06

City of Edmonton

various unions

5,600

Dec 05

Government of Quebec

Police

4,800

Jun 02

Manitoba Hydro

various unions

4,060

B/CO

Mar 06/May 06

Hydro-Québec

CUPE

3,200

Dec 04

University of Montréal

CUPE

2,000

Nov 05

Private Sector

B.C. Construction

various unions

26,000

Apr 04

Bombardier Aerospace (Que.)

Machinists

6,300

Nov 05

INCO Limited (Ont.)

Steelworkers

3,610

May 06

Fishery Products Intl. Ltd. (N.L.)

CAW-CANADA

2,500

Mar 05

Falconbridge Ltd. (N.B.)

Steelworkers

650

Feb 06

^*	ARB B B/WS CO MED M/WS PAB PCB PMB TENT WS

Arbitration
Bargaining
Bargaining after work stoppage
Conciliation
Mediation
Mediation after work stoppage
Post-arbitration bargaining
Post-conciliation bargaining
Post-mediation bargaining
Tentative settlement
Work stoppage

Upcoming Key Negotiations

Employer

Union

Employees

Expiry Month

Ontario Hospital Association

various unions

34,650

Sep/Oct 06

Air Canada (wage reopeners)

various unions

30,790

Jun/Jul 06

Health Sectors in Prince Edward Island , Nova Scotia and Manitoba

various unions

16,300

Mar 06

Loblaws (Ont.)

UFCW

15,000

Jul 06

Major Work Stoppages

Major work stoppages involving 500 or more employees from April 7 to 20, 2006

An updated weekly report and a full year-to-date listing are available at Major Work Stoppages .

Employer, Location, Union and Employees	Issues	Starting	Ending
New Flyer Industries, Winnipeg , Manitoba National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-CANADA) 670 production employees	Wages, pension plan and job security	Apr 5/2006
Stora Enso Port Hawksbury Limited, Point Tupper , Nova Scotia Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada 670 mill and office employees	Subcontracting	Jan 26/2006 Lockout

The Canadian Labour Congress at 50: Commitment and Determination

The Canadian Labour Congress turns fifty this month. It was on April 23, 1956 , at a convention in Toronto , that the Canadian Labour Congress was born from the union of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour. The Canadian Labour Congress, the national voice of the labour movement, represents 3 million Canadian workers and brings together Canada 's national and international unions along with the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 135 district labour councils.

Over the years, the Canadian Labour Congress has been instrumental in helping to bring to all Canadians so many benefits that were first bargained in collective agreements one workplace at a time. Most notably: the Canada Pension Plan, overtime and holiday pay, student loans, universal public medicare, laws promoting health and safety including the right to refuse dangerous work, protection against harassment and more recently maternity and parental leaves.

In a show of public recognition of this record of accomplishments and of service to Canadian working families, on April 20, 2006 , Canada Post issued a commemorative 51¢ stamp celebrating the 50 th anniversary of the Canadian Labour Congress.

“We are thankful for this public acknowledgement of the value of unions to Canadian society and economy,” says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress. “Over the next few months in our regular work, the officers and staff of the Canadian Labour Congress will also mark this 50 th anniversary with renewed commitment and determination to promote and improve the rights and the quality of life of working Canadians.”

For more information, visit the Web site at http://canadianlabour.ca.

Beyond Collision: High Integrity Labour Relations—NorskeCanada and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Case Study

Darcy Shenfield and Allen Ponak

Haskayne School of Business , University of Calgary

By the 1990s, the British Columbia pulp and paper industry had a well-earned reputation for some of the most acrimonious labour-management relations in Canada . Following a bitter strike in 1997, Fletcher Challenge’s labour relations on the West Coast were among the worst in the industry. Today, the merged operations of Fletcher Challenge Canada and Pacifica Paper, known as NorskeCanada, have undergone a dramatic turnaround in labour-management relations. The change is the product of new management and ownership working with the Communications, Energy, and Paperworkers Union to establish a relationship that is maturing and is still best described as a work in progress. This case study looks at how the turnaround was achieved with special attention directed to the Powell River mill, formerly owned by Pacifica Paper, where the majority of the interviews were conducted.

The above is a summary of a full article available at List of articles and case studies.

Coming in the Next Bulletin

Wage Settlements Recent —March and 1 st Quarter 2006 analysis and wage data
Current and Upcoming Key Negotiations—Update
Major Work Stoppages—Update
Workplace Innovative Practices—1 st Quarter 2006
Etc.

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