New 3-year agreement for Hobart employees; Dismissal suit filed against Vancouver hotel
Wendake, Que. police ratify contract
WENDAKE, Que. — The 12 police officers of the Wendake police service near Quebec City unanimously ratified their new collective agreement the week of Jan. 18.
The five-year contract calls for wage hikes averaging out to two per cent annually, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents the officers.
Other gains include improvements to overtime during training sessions, mandatory work and meetings along with an indexation of premiums.
Chapters-Indigo workers join UFCW
VAUGHAN, Ont. — Chapters-Indigo retail employees in Vaughan, Ont. joined the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW), Local 1006A on Jan. 22.
The online vote — conducted on Jan. 7 and 8 by the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) — resulted in the workers voting overwhelmingly for union representation, says UFCW.
About 30 employees at the Woodbridge Chapters location joined UFCW after successful unionization campaigns at the Mississauga Square One and Coquitlam, B.C. locations in late 2020, says the union.
“During the pandemic, we continue to see strong interest from workers looking to join our union to make their workplace fairer and safer,” says Wayne Hanley, president UFCW, Local 1006A.
New 3-year agreement for Hobart employees
TORONTO — Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Local 235 working at Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada in Toronto ratified a new three-year agreement on Jan. 18.
Due to COVID restrictions, the group met virtually to discuss the changes to the collective agreement and conducted their vote online, says the union.
Changes to the new agreement included language improvements, increases to pensions, boot allowances, on-call premiums, wages and the introduction of a family vision benefit, says IAM.
The members consist of one warehouse worker and 12 service technicians who service Hobart Industrial food preparation equipment used in restaurants and the food industry across Ontario.
Unifor reaches agreement with Team Industrial
MARKHAM, Ont. — Unifor Locals 195, 698 , 815, 1285, and 1459 reached a tentative agreement on Jan. 22 with Team Industrial covering 350 cleaning and facility management workers at auto assembly plants and parts depots in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.
The two-year tentative agreement was reached after weeks of bargaining. Gains made include a signing bonus, wage increases, as well as numerous improvements to members’ benefits coverage, says the union.
Dismissal suit filed against hotel
VANCOUVER — UNITE HERE, Local 40 announced that a class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Pan Pacific Vancouver on Jan. 20 on behalf of workers terminated during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The suit — which was filed on behalf of current and former hourly employees — alleges the hotel misled workers, wrongfully terminated them without cause or notice and they were denied pay owed to them for their years of service, says the union.
