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March 6, 2017
Old injury returns to haunt
northern Ontario rail worker
Employment terminated
after prior injury disclosed
on new-hire questionnaire
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ARBITRATOR has upheld the termination of
an Ontario railway worker who misrepresented his
medical history on a health questionnaire he filled out
when he was hired.
Yves Chouinard was hired by Algoma Central Rail-
way — a passenger railway in northern Ontario — in
June 2012 to be a track labourer. As part of the hiring
process, Chouinard was required to complete a health
questionnaire before he started work.
The health questionnaire featured questions about
the new employee's health so Algoma could iden-
tify physical or medical issues that could cause the
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Air Canada — Multiprovince pg. 3 Western School Division — Manitoba pg.
3 Celanese Eva Polymers — Alberta pg. 4 Covenant Health – Misericordia
and Villa Caritas — Alberta pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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pg. 2
Molson Coors deal
New four-year agreement
ratified for about 320 brewery
workers at Etobicoke,
Ont., operation
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Company > pg. 7
FOOD MANUFACTURING
Saputo Dairy Products
Red Deer, Alta.
(56 dairy workers) and Teamsters, Local 987
Renewal agreement: Effective
May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2019.
Signed on Nov. 10, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective fiscal 2016: 1.4%
Effective fiscal 2017: 1.4%
Effective fiscal 2018: 1.4%
Shift premium: $2.50 per hour
for employees holding PLC/
electronic certifications or
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
LTD renegotiation
increases benefits costs
After Desjardins Insurance an-
nounced a potential 60 per cent
increase in long-term disability
(LTD) premiums for Niagara Re-
gion, Ont., workers in 2015, the
union balked.
Months later, the region final-
ized a deal with another insurance
carrier that saw a lower increase to
the premiums (which were fully
paid by the employees).
But in the interim, the workers
had to cover a 40 per cent increase
in premiums, although the impact
B.C. worker's bereavement time denied despite death of sister pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg 6
