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July 17, 2017
METAL REFINING
Sherritt International
Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
(350 operations, maintenance workers, mechanics) and Unifor, Local 530A
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2016, to March 31,
2019. Ratified on Nov. 10, 2016.
Signed on April 1, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2017: 2%
Effective April 1, 2018: 2.5%
Shift premium: Days (D shift):
$0.85 per hour; effective April 1,
2017: $0.87 per hour; effective
April 1, 2018: $0.89 per hour.
Afternoons (C shift): $1.72 per
hour; effective April 1, 2017:
$1.75 per hour; effective April 1,
2018: $1.79 per hour. Nights (A
shift): $3.05 per hour; effective
April 1, 2017: $3.11 per hour;
effective April 1, 2018: $3.19
per hour. Maintenance shift (G
shift): $2.41 per hour; effective
April 1, 2017: $2.46 per hour;
effective April 1, 2018: $2.52
per hour. Shift premiums for
all hours worked in a continu-
'Frustrating' Toronto officer
terminated after job changed
A COMMUNITY patrol offi-
cer who worked for the Toronto
Community Housing Corpora-
tion (TCHC) needed almost two
years off work after she heard a
supervisor promise to "get rid of
her" to another colleague.
Janice Gordon began work-
ing with TCHC in 2005. By 2007,
she worked as a special constable
providing security for residents in
community housing.
On June 21, 2010, Gordon, who
is black, was driving in a patrol ve-
hicle with fellow officer Derek An-
derson, when supervisor William
Henry addressed him via the car
radio system.
Gordon testified she heard
Henry say "don't worry we will get
rid of her."
She became upset and emo-
tional and immediately visited her
doctor Frank Woo. He advised her
to take time off work due to stress.
Henry was given a four-shift
unpaid suspension for his be-
haviour. A letter given to him
Canadian Pacific train engineer's
speeding, sleeping derails career
Investigation found nine
velocity violations over
two straight shifts
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ONTARIO locomotive engineer's termina-
tion for violating railway rules on speeding and
sleeping in his locomotive has been upheld by an
arbitrator.
The employee was a locomotive engineer for
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) in London, Ont.
He was initially hired in 1990 at a trainee before
moving on to become a conductor and eventually
a locomotive engineer in 1994.
Over the years, the employee assembled a dis-
ciplinary record adding up to 95 career demerits.
In December 2012, he was dismissed for violat-
ing one of CP's cardinal rules —failing to ensure
Labatt Breweries Ontario Canada — Ontario pg. 3 County of Oxford
(Woodingford Lodge) — Ontario pg. 4 Potash Corporation of
Saskatchewan, Cory Division — Saskatchewan pg. 5 Maple Leaf
Consumer Foods — Ontario pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Mark
Zulkoskey
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
Bombardier workers ratify
New deal includes wage hikess,
cost-of-living allowance, for busy
plant producing streetcars
for TTC, other cities: Unifor
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see 'Gross' > pg. 8
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 8
