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December 11, 2017
Winnipeg health-care aide fired
for poor treatment of patients
AFTER A series of complaints
from co-workers and patients at a
Winnipeg hospital, a health-care
aide was terminated from his po-
sition.
Riccardo Patane had worked
at the Seven Oaks Hospital since
2004, and after missing time due
to a disability, he returned to full-
time status on Feb. 8, 2016, in the
family-medicine unit on the night
shift.
On May 1, Gemma Elomina
worked as the charge nurse on the
FIRE FIGHTING
e City of Red Deer
Red Deer, Alta.
(198 fire fighters, marshals) and the International
Association of Firefighters (IAFF), Local 1190
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2017, to June 30, 2019.
Ratified on July 24, 2017. Signed
on Sept. 15, 2017.
Shift premium: $0.50 per hour
for work between 6 p.m. and 8
a.m.
Paid holidays: 12 days, plus
Alberta bus driver terminated
after speaking on phone while driving
Witnessed by contractor
who had 20/20 vision
A BUS DRIVER who worked on a refinery site in
Redwater, Alta., was terminated after she was wit-
nessed speaking on her cellphone while driving a
work-site bus.
Leslie Sutherland had worked at Diversified
Transportation operating a worker-transport
bus at the North West Redwater Refinery since
2011. On Nov. 13, 2015, Richard Houghton (who
worked on-site with Atlas RFID Solutions) at-
tempted to flag down a bus.
The driver was on a cellphone, according to
Houghton, and drove right by him without stop-
ping. Houghton said he tried to wave the bus driv-
er down after it passed the designated-stop area,
but the driver didn't stop.
He immediately alerted his supervisor who
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Strike vote
More than 600 Ontario health-care
workers agree to walk off jobs if
talks fail to produce new
collective agreement
Burnco Rock Products — Alberta pg. 3 Saint John Port Authority — New
Brunswick pg. 4 Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council — Manitoba pg. 5 Shell
Canada (Sarnia Refinery and Chemical Plant) — Ontario pg. 5 City of
North Bay — Ontario pg. 6 Revera Lessee Edgemont — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Rough treatment > pg. 8
