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November 28, 2016
Emergency requires its own
'in-charge' nurse: Arbitrator
Alberta health centre
decided to put two areas
under one nurse in charge
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
ALBERTA Health Services (AHS) violated its col-
lective agreement requiring a designated "in-charge"
nurse for every unit when it decided to designate one
nurse in charge of two areas of a small-town medical
health centre, an arbitrator has ruled.
The collective agreement between AHS and its
nurses' union, the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA),
required AHS to "designate a person to be in charge of
a ward or unit."
Each nurse who was designed to be "in charge" was
paid a premium.
The Sacred Heart Community Health Centre in
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Hertz Equipment Rental — Ontario pg. 3 Association of Commercial and
Industrial Contractors of P.E.I. — Prince Edward Island pg. 4 Trophy Foods
— Alberta pg. 4 Brandon University — Manitoba pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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pg. 2
Pepsico deal ratified
Calgary bottling plant workers
sign first collective agreement
as members of Unifor
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Hospital > pg. 7
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
e Town of Bowden
Bowden, Alta.
(4 public works employees) and Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 417
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2017.
Signed on Sept. 1, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 1.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5%
Shift premium: $1.10 per hour
(previously $0.90 per hour) for
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see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 6
B.C. brewery worker's
bad temper causes demotion
A LONG-TIME employee with
Pacific Western Brewing Com-
pany in Prince George, B.C., was
demoted from a lead hand posi-
tion after multiple blow-ups with
other workers.
Robert Liness had worked with
the company for 22 years, begin-
ning as a labourer. In 1999, he was
promoted to the shipper/receiver
relief position. Part of those du-
ties was to fill in for the permanent
shipper/receiver in the distribu-
tion department.
N.L. ship workers denied overtime pay for sleeping onboard vessel pg. 6
