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February 27, 2017
Failure to investigate work refusal
unreasonable but understandable
Employer preoccupied
with prison guards balking
at showing up for work
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ONTARIO correctional officer's work refusal
due to health concerns on a day when the employer
was short-staffed and occupied with many refusals
should have been investigated promptly, but the em-
ployer's failure to do so was understandable, an arbi-
trator has ruled.
The correctional officer was hired by Correctional
Services Canada (CSC) in 1989 to work at the Elgin
Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) in London,
Ont.
The officer had sinusitis — an inflammation or
swelling of the tissue lining the sinuses — which made
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Coca-Cola Canada — Alberta pg. 4 McMillan Transport — Alberta pg. 5
McMaster University — Ontario pg. 5 Rapid Delivery — Ontario pg. 6
Canada Cartage System (Winnipeg Division) — Manitoba pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
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pg. 2
WestCan workers sign
B.C. industrial pump maker
employees ratify deal that
includes three per
cent raises each year
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Prison > pg. 7
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
City of Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie, Alta.
(650 outside employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 787
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2018.
Signed on Nov. 8, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective first year: 1.5%
Effective second year: 1.8%
Effective third year: 2.25%
Shift premium: $1.50 per hour
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
CP conductor terminated
after removing safety glasses
WHEN IAN Lougheed briefly
removed his safety glasses while
in his locomotive, his employer
terminated him, citing a breach of
safety protocol.
On Dec. 19, 2014, Lougheed
had been terminated due to on-
going poor attendance. But on
March 16, 2015, Lougheed was re-
instated to his former position as a
conductor.
At the time of his reestablish-
ment, Lougheed signed an agree-
ment with Canadian Pacific (CP)
Alberta welder laid off after time to finish work found lacking pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg 8
