Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 15, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 LOCAL WINNIPEG FREE FEBRUARY 2001 Federal prison guards caught in union dispute FEDERAL prison guards at Stony Mountain Institution and Rock wood Institution have found themselves caught up in a national dispute between the union that repre sents them and the union that wants to represent At stake is a hefty per cent pay increase thats been put on hold pend ing the outcome of a member ship vote next I took a lot of ribbing from family and friends when the tentative agree ment was saying how I had struck it and the guards were looking forward to getting the but we havent gotten anything said Glen president of Local 50026 Public Service Alliance of Cana da which represents about 215 guards at the two Manitoba A the Confed des syndicats nationaux CSN has spent the past year wooing the guards in a bid to replace The CSN represents more than mostly provincial public service employees in It was able to get more than 63 per cent of the guards to sign its membership which forced the Public Service Staff Relations Board to conduct a mailin requiring the guards to choose which union they want to rep resent Today is the deadline for ballots to be mailed While the CSN was wooing the negotiated a tentative agreement with Treasury Board that would see federal prison guards get a per cent raise over two retroactive to last The membership ratified the deal Year 2 year 3 Series 19 Annual compound rate of lor Cbond il held for 3 but national office refused to sign off on the agreement until it knows for certain that it will be retained as the union representing the Bonne said many guards were shocked when refused to sign off on the tentative national president Tunnel said shes not blackmailing the noting that the union spent the past year fending off criticisms from We are the certified bargaining agent for the guards and this collec tive agreement belongs to Turmel said in a recent telephone inter view from her Ottawa If the members think weve done a good then they should choose us and when the results come in well sign the decision to withhold signing the tentative agreement has been called unprecedented by labour experts and officials at the Public Ser vice Staff Relations John secretary to the Public Service Staff Relations said hed never heard of a union using a tentative agreement as a bargaining chip in a membership This buy the bonds 100 guaranteed by the Government of As part of your they offer a guaranteed flexibility and no For maximum choose the Canada Savings cashable at any For a higher rate of return with the option to cash in or transfer out choose the Canada Premium Ask for them wherever you bank or For details or to buy call 1 888 And put your on solid NEW CANADA SAVINGS BONDS YOURE ON SOLID GROUND March 2000 or he year f Series 58 and 6 March and y March t Calls must be made before February 2001 to receive a tax receipt for 2000 Income tax INFORMATION P ki Winnipeg Free 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the They said the driver of the van had a stop sign at the RCMP continue to investigate whether any charges should be laid in connection to the Man convicted of sexually abusing girl A jury yesterday convicted a man of sexually abusing a female The now told a Queens Bench court earlier this week how the man had attacked her while she watched a movie in his apartment in late Her who is the mans was out of the home at the She told jurors the man emerged naked from his bedroom and knelt down beside He forced her to look at then grabbed her hand and placed it on his The who cannot be named to protect the identity of his got up and called the girl into She expecting an but was forced to fondle the man until he Defence lawyer Stan Nozick had questioned the girl about her recollection of events and the vivid imagination she admitted to He argued there was a lack of conclu sive evidence convict his The jury spent four hours yesterday before reaching their They convicted the man of sexual 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