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New Deal For Kenora Catholic Teachers

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Trustees with the Kenora Catholic District School Board and members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association have come to a local agreement.

The union represents 124 full-time teachers in Red Lake and Kenora, as well as 79 occasional teachers.

Terms haven’t been disclosed.

The contract was finalized last week, with teachers voting 100% in favour of it on Tuesday.

Director of Education Derek Haime says “We have a very good working relationship with our partners OECTA and so we’re very pleased to come to consensus fairly quickly. So it’s nice to have that out of the way so we can face together the challenges that await us.”

OECTA Kenora Unit President Leanne Davidson says “”We are very happy to have finalized our local bargaining process and ratified both our Permanent and Occasional Teachers’ Local Collective Agreements. I know that KCDSB and OECTA will continue to work together as we move forward into the future.”

Davidson says union members decided quickly on the terms of the local agreement as full-time teachers took three days to ratify it, while part-time instructors only needed one day.

It’s a three contract retroactive to September 1st, 2019.

(With files from Tim Davidson)

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Local Support For New Catholic Teachers Deal

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A new deal for the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association is good for its members and students alike.

That’s the word from local regional spokesperson Leanne Davidson.

94% of OECTA members voted in favour of the three year contract last week.

Davidson says they were able to secure funding to better support vulnerable students.

Davidson says the agreement includes improvements in health and safety as well as reporting violence in the classroom.

She adds concerns over large class sizes and mandatory E-learning were also addressed.

Davidson stresses even though it was cold, it was worthwhile for them to walk off the job for several days this past winter.

“If our teachers had not been willing to make that commitment and get out on the line, we would not have achieved what we did achieve in this deal, and we would still be sitting at mandatory E-learning and 28/1 class sizes.”

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New Contract For Unifor Members At Patricia Gardens

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It’s unanimous as 100% of Unifor members at Patricia Gardens in Dryden have voted in favour of a new 3 year contract.

The deal provides 1.5% annual wage increases, 3 cents per kilometer increase in mileage pay, $25 increase in vision care, expanded paid emergency leave and improved contract language.

The new contract runs from April 1st 2019 to March 31st, 2022.

Local National Representative Stephen Boon says “Our members understand the provincial funding challenges facing the sector and as indicated by the unanimous vote result, they were satisfied with the improvements secured in this new 3 year contract.”

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Border Agents Looking For New Deal

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Canada Border Services Agency officers are seeking a new contract from the federal government.

Joey Dunphy, national vice-president for the Customs and Immigration Union, says CBSA officers have been without a contract for two years.

“We’ve been in negotiation with the Treasury Board of Canada. Everything we bring forward is a big no! So we are here demanding respect. We’re a law enforcement organization. We are the second biggest armed forces in Canada. We are asking to be treated as such.”

Dunphy says some of the things they are asking for include paid meal breaks and a 25 and out policy, which allows people to retire without penalty after 25 years of service.

He notes the last time it took them four years to negotiate a contact and when they actually signed the deal it had already expired.

The union represents 11,000 agents across the country.

Liberal MP Wayne Long says he’s heard the agents concerns and he will be bringing them to Ottawa when the house sits later this month.

Long says the workers requests are reasonable and the dispute is not about wages it’s about respect from the government.

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New Deal For Princess Court Workers

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Unionized workers at Princess Court in Dryden have agreed to a new 3-year contract with the District of Kenora Home for the Aged.

96% of Unifor members have voted in favour of the deal.

The agreement impacts 120 individuals.

The contract provides 1.5% annual wage increases as well as up to 15 cent increases in shift differentials, $100 eye exam coverage, expanded vacation flexibility and new employer contribution towards annual fitness memberships.

A number of key language improvements were also made and the contract runs from June 1st, 2019 to May 31st, 2022.

Local National Unifor representative Stephen Boon says “Our members understand the funding challenges facing the sector and as indicated by the strong ratification vote results, they were very satisfied with the improvements secured in this new contract.”