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May 4, 2020
A BRITISH Columbia com-
pany's new policy on temporary
accommodation discriminated
against a worker with a perma-
nent disability.
Rio Tinto Alcan is an aluminum
manufacturer based in Montreal.
The company hired Corene Rolfe
in February 1997 as a temporary
employee at its Kitimat, B.C. op-
eration and she became a full-time
employee for its janitor building
service two years later.
Rolfe injured her neck and
shoulder in 2000 and had to take
New agreement
Equity wage hikes highlight
contract signed at UBC
AN ONTARIO school board had just cause to dis-
miss a custodian with a long service record for sab-
otaging a school's auto shop.
Mike Zale, 56, was a custodian for the Lakehead
District School Board for 34 years, most recently at
a high school in Thunder Bay.
On Jan. 16, 2018, two teachers entered the
school's auto shop after a staff meeting and noticed
that the door was unlocked — they had locked it up
at the end of the school day and ensured all tools
had been put away and a water hose in the vehicle
bays had been properly coiled.
They noticed the garbage cans had been emp-
tied, so they figured Zale was still cleaning. How-
ever, he wasn't there and when they walked to the
auto shop area and turned on the lights, they found
"around five to six inches of water covering the back
shop area." The water hose was uncoiled, connected
to the tap, and "running full steam." One teacher
turned off the tap, which required more than two
BUS TRANSPORTATION
First Student Canada
Welland, Ont.
(60 school bus drivers) and the United Food and Commercial Workers
Canada (UFCW), Local 175
Renewal agreement: Effective
Sept. 1, 2018 to Aug. 31, 2021.
Signed on June 25, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Sept. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Sept. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Sept. 1, 2020: 2%
Shift premium: $4 per day
(previously $2 per day) for
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Newcap Radio (CFRQ-FM/CKUL-FM) — Nova Scotia pg. 3
Northern Industrial Carriers – Alberta pg. 4 Wood Mill and Trim
Owners Association of Ontario – Ontario pg. 5 Taber and
District Housing Foundation — Alberta pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Summer> pg. 8
see Video> pg.7
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
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No temp job discriminatory
for disabled B.C. worker
Custodian fired by Ontario school board
after denial of damaging school property
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