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March 9, 2020
Labour Reporter
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Toronto hotel suspends pair of
housekeepers after physical altercation
TWO HOTEL housekeeping staff deserved sus-
pensions for a physical altercation, but 30 days
was too severe given the nature of the tussle and
the financial difficulty they experienced from the
suspensions.
Gee Manalastas and Marcil Stoll were house-
keeping assistants at the Fairmont Royal York,
a luxury hotel in Toronto. They cleaned guest
rooms and public areas of the hotel, working
mostly unsupervised. Neither had any discipline
on their record.
The Royal York had a code of ethics — stating
that employees were "responsible for ensuring a
safe work environment that is free from discrimi-
nation and harassment" — and a violence and ha-
rassment policy that prohibited "the exercise of
physical force" against employees that could cause
injury.
On April 20, 2018, Manalastas and Stoll were
cleaning guest rooms. Manalastas tracked down
Tentative deal
After marathon talks,
Trent, CUPE agree
to contract
Management assumptions not seen as
just cause to fire Nova Scotia worker
A NOVA SCOTIA worker was
fired for smoking marijuana on
the job, but there was no actual
evidence he did it.
Ryan Prime worked as an eleva-
tor mechanic for Kone, a manu-
facturer of elevators, escalators
and automatic doors, starting in
2013. In 2019, Prime was part of
a two-person team working on
a new construction project in
Halifax.
On the morning of Oct. 22,
2019, the project manager walked
past Prime's vehicle in the parking
lot on his way to the construction
GOVERNMENT
City of Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie, Alta.
(644 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 787
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31,
2021. Ratified on Aug. 26, 2019.
Signed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.5%
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Ontario Concrete and Drain Contractors Association — Ontario pg.
4 Gateway Casinos — British Columbia pg. 5 Medicine Hat Public
School Division – Alberta pg. 5 University of Victoria — British
Columbia pg. 6 Shell Canada Scotford Complex — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Elijah-Lovkoff
ISTOCK
see Manager > pg. 7
see Arbitrator > pg. 7
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
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