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October 30, 2017
Leader, Sask., insurance worker fired
after accessing two coworkers' emails
Felt other employees
were gossiping about
husband's behaviour
A CUSTOMER service representative (CSR) said
she discovered an email printout in a recycling
bin, and she believed her coworkers were making
disparaging comments about her.
Irene Bergen had worked at Saskatchewan
Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) since 1995,
when on Jan. 4, 2016, she said she discovered a
printed email message between Luanne Todd,
manager of the Leader, Sask., office and Lana
Watts, another CSR.
The series of messages took umbrage with Ber-
gen's husband, who had previously used the SCIC
photocopier.
After Bergen read the email string, she became
upset and wanted to discuss with Watts why it had
OIL AND GAS
ATCO Gas
Edmonton
(990 gas plant technicians) and the Natural Gas
Employees' Association (NGEA)
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2018.
Ratified on Dec. 8, 2016. Signed
on Jan. 1, 2017.
Shift premium: $2.40 per hour
when working between 4 p.m.
and 7 a.m. Effective 2018: $2.44
per hour. $1.46 per hour for
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
CapsCanada contract
Workers at the Ontario medical-
capsule manufacturer agree to
first collective agreement
after ratification
Saint John Construction Association — New Brunswick pg. 3 Armtec — British
Columbia pg. 3 Grace Villa Nursing Home — Ontario pg. 4 Black Mountain
Irrigation District — British Columbia pg. 5 The City of Lacombe — Alberta pg.
5 Dr. Bernstein Clinics (Post Road Health and Diet Incorporated) — British
Columbia pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Hospital worker in Whitby,
Ont., denied experience credit
WHEN SHE was promoted to be
a vocational rehabilitation coun-
sellor (VRC) at a Whitby, Ont.,
psychiatric hospital, Lauren No-
vak was denied higher compensa-
tion for an experience credit.
Novak was hired by the Ontario
Shores Centre for Mental Health
Sciences as a vocational instruc-
tor in March 2014. At the time, she
didn't feel like she deserved the ex-
perience credit, so she didn't make
an application for it to be recog-
nized as a part of her pay package.
see Employees > pg. 7
