The parent company of Northstar Aerospace Inc. is rejecting as accusation that it has abandoned pensioners who are facing a 24 per cent cut as it moves to close its Milton, Ont. facility in September. “Heligear does not control the pension design or its investments, which are the responsibility of the pension board,” said Greg Harper, […]
Montreal police officers have voted in favour of a new contract that puts an end to a long-running dispute over pension reforms. The city’s police union, the Montreal Police Brotherhood, says 95.3 per cent of officers who voted approved the new agreement, which is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2015, and extends until Dec. 31, 2021. […]
An 18-month strike by staff at the Halifax Chronicle Herald is over after the paper and unionized workers reached an agreement that provides for an eight-year employment contract. Following a tentative deal reached last Saturday with the help of a provincially appointed mediator, 94 per cent of the workers voted in favour of ratifying it. The vote came […]
Unifor members from Northstar Aerospace’s Milton, Ont., operations are occupying the plant and halting production in a dispute over a 24 per cent shortfall in staff pensions. The takeover of the plant began before dawn this morning, with workers and their supporters maintaining a picket line. The Illinois-based company is planning to close the Milton location in […]
Workers about to lose their jobs at Northstar Aerospace’s operations in Milton, Ont., are now facing the prospect of a 25 per cent cut to their pensions. After returning from the holiday break last year, workers “were given the notice that they were going to actually close the plant,” says Cammie Peirce, a national representative in […]
More than 700 airport workers employed by Swissport Canada Handling at Toronto Pearson International Airport walked off the job last week in a dispute over benefits, a pay freeze and volatile schedules. The employees, who perform flight operations, handle baggage, tow planes and clean cabins, are striking due to a number of claims Swissport’s management […]
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. and its unionized employees at the company’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, B.C. signed a tentative contract on Tuesday night, narrowly averting a strike. The new four-year agreement covers key issues such as the defined benefit pension plan, health benefits, wages and contract language. The 900 members of Unifor Local 2301 will […]
The University of Saskatchewan will be reducing 75 senior employees’ salaries and benefits in an effort to address a funding shortfall. “Following the substantial cut in our provincial grant, we must make strategic, deliberate decisions that provide sustainable answers to the serious financial challenge we currently face,” said university president Peter Stoicheff in a news […]
Stelco Inc. employees in Nanticoke and Hamilton have voted in favour of a new collective agreement proposed by potential buyer Bedrock Industries Group LLC. Nanticoke employees, who are part of United Steelworkers Local 8782 and work across two plants, voted 86 per cent and 89 per cent in favour of the new agreement on Friday, […]
The majority of salaried retirees and employees, along with unsecured creditors, voted in favour of Stelco Inc.’s restructuring plan in meetings on Thursday afternoon. Under the plan, Stelco will no longer be responsible for administering the salaried group’s pension plans and other post-employment benefits. The company taking over Stelco, Bedrock Industries Group LLC., will contribute […]