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February 13, 2017
Arbitrator extinguishes firing
for inappropriate comments
Evidence showed comments
were part of joking context
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A FIREFIGHTER who was dismissed for inappro-
priate comments to a female co-worker at a party has
been reinstated with a suspension and a demotion by
an arbitrator.
Ryan Hamilton was a firefighter for the City of
Brampton, Ont. Hired in 2001, he became captain at a
Brampton station 206 in July 2013.
At a September 2014 golf tournament for firefight-
ers, Hamilton's foursome came to the tee of a hole to
which a female firefighter from station 209 was sell-
ing tickets. Hamilton joked with the female firefighter
and one of his colleagues in the foursome, Kirk Swann,
took a liking to her. Swann obtained the woman's
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Koch Fertilizer Canada — Manitoba pg. 3 National Steel Car — Ontario pg.
4 Lamont County Housing Foundation — Alberta pg. 5 Sarnia Concrete
Products — Ontario pg. 5 CityWest Cable North — British Columbia pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Toa55
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
DHL workers agree
900 Unifor members
working at airport terminals
reach deal averting
midnight strike
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Banter > pg. 7
CONSTRUCTION
Ledcor Foundations
Provincewide, Alberta
(6 construction workers, mechanics) and Construction
Workers Union, CLAC Local 63
Renewal agreement: Effective
Nov. 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019.
Signed on Nov. 28, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective first year: –8.5%
Effective second year: 0.0%
Shift premium: Lead hand:
6%. Foreman: 12%. General
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
B.C. union steward fired
after harassment allegation
A FORKLIFT driver at a Brit-
ish Columbia warehouse was
terminated after another worker
accused him of bullying, threat-
ening and effectively promising
him no further help as his union
representative.
Jack Vanderbasch was fired
from his job at Western Forest
Products after a June 23, 2016, in-
cident on the shop floor of a tim-
ber mill.
Shane Norbury was working
on a grader to begin his shift, but
Nova Scotia worker intended to apply but posting removed from board pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg 8
