GM, CAW may begin talks early

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Description: General Motors Canada has asked the Canadian Auto Workers union to begin negotiations seven months before the collective agreement at the CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont. expires. Source: The Windsor Star Date: 01/21/2013 Link: http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2013/01/21/caw-may-open-talks-early-for-cami-workers/ Related links: Globe and Mail story Canadian Press story GM Canada CAW Earlier update Questions for discussion: When does the… Read more »

Nurses, New Brunswick government reach tentative agreement

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Description: The New Brunswick government and the province’s nurses union have negotiated a tentative collective agreement. The last contract between the two sides was reached in 2009 after the nurses threatened to strike. Source: CBC Date: 01/14/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/01/14/nb-nurses-union-tentative-deal.html Related links: Story from 2009 New Brunswick Human Resources ministry New Brunswick Nurses Union Union YouTube… Read more »

LRB declares teachers’ protest unlawful

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Description: The Ontario Labour Relations Board has declared a planned one-day walkout by elementary school teachers illegal. Source: CTV Date: 01/11/2013 Link: http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/etfo-osstf-cancel-planned-walkouts-1.1109787 Related links: Labour board decision (pdf) Blog post by Prof. David Doorey Statement by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Ontario Labour Relations Board Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Ontario Ministry of… Read more »

Ontario government imposes contracts on teachers

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Description: The Ontario government has imposed contracts on elementary and secondary school teachers, freezing pay and reducing sick days. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 01/03/2013 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/ontario-teachers-imposed-contract-ensures-continued-discord-unions-say/article6932573/ Related links: Video: Education Minister Laurel Broten announces government move Andrew Coyne opinion piece Thomas Walkom opinion piece Ontario education ministry The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario… Read more »

NHL, players reach tentative agreement

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Description: The NHL and the NHL Players’ Association have reached a tentative agreement after the second-longest lockout in league history. Source: The Toronto Star Date: 01/06/2013 Link: http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/nhl/article/1311128–nhl-lockout-ends-with-tentative-deal-between-league-nhlpa Related links: Industrial relations expert Mark Thompson offers some advice to negotiators Globe and Mail story Earlier update NHLPA NHL Questions for discussion: Read Mark Thompson’s commentary… Read more »

Buzz Hargrove criticizes “amateur hour” NHL talks

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Description: Former Canadian Auto Workers head Buzz Hargrove says the NHL Players’ Association shouldn’t have agreed to meet with team owners without the association’s executive director. Source: CBC Date: 12/06/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/ID/2313280372/ Related links: Donald Fehr speaks to the CAW Two sides still in contact after talks break off Earlier update NHL NHLPA Questions for… Read more »

York Region elementary teachers poised for job action

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Description: Elementary school teachers in Ontario’s York Region appear ready to take job action. Source: CBC Date: 11/18/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/18/toronto-york-region-elementary-teachers-strike-action.html Related links: Globe and Mail story Toronto Star story The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario York Region District School Board The Putting Students First Act Questions for discussion: What is an “escalating withdrawal of administrative… Read more »

Two-day strike ends at Whitby auto parts plant

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Description: Production has resumed at General Motors’ Oshawa, Ont. assembly plant after a two-day strike by Canadian Auto Workers members at a plant that makes car seats. Source Reuters Canada Date: 10/20/2012 Link: http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE89T14020121030 Related links: Earlier Globe and Mail story Lear Corp. GM Canada plants Canadian Auto Workers union announcement Questions for discussion: What… Read more »

Raitt steps into airport security dispute

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Description: Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has intervened in a dispute involving Atlantic Canada airport security screeners, but the union says the move is “premature.” Source: The Canadian Press Date: 10/27/2012 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Ottawa+intervention+airport+screeners+labour+dispute+premature+union/7458963/story.html Related links: CTV story Earlier story from the Globe and Mail Securitas Transport Aviation Security Ltd. United Steelworkers, District 6 Canada Industrial… Read more »

Ontario nurses reach deal on pensions

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Description: The Ontario Nurses’ Association has reached an agreement with the provincial government that will allow it to continue to exercise joint control over its members’ pension fund. The deal follows a similar deal struck between the government and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. Source: Canadian Labour Reporter Date: 10/24/2012 Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/16544-ontario-nurses-maintain-joint-control-of-pension-plans Related links:… Read more »