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February 3, 2020
Labour Reporter
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No deduction allowed to recover cost
of missing cable company meter
A BRITISH COLUMBIA company has been
ordered to pay back wages it deducted to recover
the cost of equipment a worker lost.
Corey Montgomery worked for Pacific West
Cable, a cable and electrical contracting company
in Surrey, B.C., since 2007. Montgomery's job
duties as an installer required the use of various
types of tools and equipment, which Pacific West
provided to him. The company also gave him a
company van.
The collective agreement had an article
covering tools and clothing that said, the
company "shall continue to replace tools broken
or worn out" in the course of work for the
company, but employees "are responsible for the
loss of tools on the approved employee's tool list."
Pacific West Cable also had a provision
covering climbing gear issued to employees
that stated employees were responsible for
the cost if gear was lost or damaged "from the
Strike vote
About 100 municipal workers in
Revelstoke, B.C. agree to walk
off jobs, if necessary
Vancouver hotel worker disciplined
over 'constant battle' on room cleaning
A BRITISH COLUMBIA arbi-
trator found a hotel housekeeper's
suspension for cleaning mistakes
was too harsh in the context of an
environment where many had
trouble getting their work done
properly.
Dulce Conchada worked as a
housekeeper for the Holiday Inn
and Suites Downtown Vancouver
— a 245-room hotel in Vancouver.
She was hired in 2009.
The collective agreement set
out normal quotas for housekeep-
ers as 16 rooms cleaned over the
course of an eight-hour shift. In
OILFIELD SERVICES
Neegan Development
Fort McMurray, Alta.
(70 mechanics, welders, machinists, operators, drivers,
grounds workers, custodians) and the International
Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 955
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive Aug. 22, 2019 to Dec. 31,
2022. Ratified on Aug. 28, 2019.
Signed on Aug. 22, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Aug. 28, 2019: 1% less
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Canadian National Railway — Multiprovince pg. 3 Firan Technology
Group, Circuits Division — Ontario pg. 4 The Board Of Education
School District 41 – Burnaby — British Columbia pg. 5 Pro-Tec
Fire Services of Canada — Newfoundland and Labrador pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Pacific
West
Cable
see ree-day > pg. 7
see B.C. > pg. 7
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