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April 8, 2019
TTC driver fired for closing door
on passenger, trapping arm, leg
AFTER A HEATED discussion
between a passenger and a Toron-
to Transit Commission (TTC) bus
operator, the door was roughly
closed on her arm and leg.
Mitchell McDonald was hired
in July 2013 as a transit operator
but on Oct. 15, 2017, he was driv-
ing the Sheppard East bus in east-
ern Toronto when he pulled into
a station around 5 p.m. Natasha
Rankine was the last in line of a
number of passengers who waited
to board the bus.
When Rankine attempted to
get onto the bus, the door abruptly
Northwest Territories social worker
fired for importing alcohol into dry area
A PROBATIONARY employee working for the
Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority
(YHSSA) was dismissed after it was discovered
she had multiple units of beer, wine and liquor
shipped into a liquor-prohibited community.
Luviminda Richardson was hired for the YHS-
SA on Jan. 4, 2016, for a two-year term as super-
visor of social programs, based in the 300-person
village of Lutsel K'e, N.W.T. Her new position was
to provide social assistance to local community
members with their addictions.
On May 31, Richardson was at the Air Tindi lo-
cation in Yellowknife, and she requested a package
be sent via air to the Lutsel K'e Health Centre, with
the shipping costs charged under the YHSSA ac-
count.
Under the local Lutsel K'e Liquor Prohibition
Regulation, possession of alcohol was illegal.
The shipment was initially delayed but on June
2, it was shipped to Lutsel K'e via Air Tindi. At 8
TOURISM
Travel Alberta
Edmonton
(30 coordinators, specialists) and the Alberta Union of
Provincial Employees (AUPE), Local 118 Chapter 015
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2017, to March 31,
2020. Ratified on Nov. 15, 2018.
Signed on Jan. 8, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2017: 0%
Effective April 1, 2018: 0%
(subject to acceptance of new
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Deal ratified
'Modest wage increases' part of
new agreement signed for 450
Saskatoon public school
employees
City of Whitehorse — Northwest Territories pg. 3 Elk Island Catholic
Separate Regional Division #41 — Alberta pg. 4 University of Western
Ontario — Ontario pg. 5 Emerald Gardens Retirement Residence —
Alberta pg. 6 CFRN-TV/CFCN-TV (Divisions of Bell Media) — Alberta
pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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see 'Significant' > pg. 8
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
Learn more:
Labour Arbitration Skills: May 26-30, 2019: Kingston
Labour Relations Foundations: June 3-7, 2019: Halifax
Negotiation Skills: July 22-26, 2019: Victoria
negotiate
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with
■
confidence
see Arbitration > pg. 8
