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January 30, 2017
Prison supervisor's aggression
at work just cause for dismissal
Officer denied yelling,
swearing; three workers
reported same behaviour
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
THERE IS a fine line between strong leadership and
abuse of authority. A New Brunswick corrections su-
pervisor crossed that line with his aggressive behav-
iour that served as just cause for his employer to ter-
minate his employment, the New Brunswick Labour
and Employment Board ruled.
Mike Lewis was a correctional officer for the New
Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety. He
was hired in 1991 and moved up to a level with supervi-
sory duties in 2005. Lewis worked at the Saint John Re-
gional Correctional Centre.
Lewis had no formal discipline on his record,
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Construction Labour Relations Association of Manitoba — Manitoba pg. 4
Ken Johnson Trucking — British Columbia pg. 4 Summit Food Service —
Ontario pg. 5 TForce Integrated Solutions — Multiprovince pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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pg. 2
PSAC workers' deal
Treasury Board signs
collective agreements
with two separate
bargaining units
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Authority > pg. 7
FOOD MANUFACTURING
Cargill
Guelph, Ont.
(800 plant and maintenance employees) and United Food
and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), Local 175
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2019.
Signed on Aug. 5, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: $0.30 per
hour
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: $0.30 per
hour
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 6
Teacher denied 'pull-back'
into home school
A TEACHER at Etobicoke Col-
legiate Institute (ECI) in Ontario
was declared surplus in 2014, but
then wasn't allowed to slot back
into her home school after anoth-
er teacher retired.
Tanya Norman was consid-
ered as a replacement for an
open teaching slot, but the school
principal, Caroline Rath, did not
choose Norman to fill two chem-
istry and one physical education
courses on May 7, 2014.
Eventually, Norman was re-
Air Canada employee uses 101 calling cards without authorization pg. 6
