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September 10, 2018
Vancouver engineer grieves sanction
for making threatening phone call
Suspension excessive
for 40-year worker: Union
AN EMPLOYEE with 40 years of service with
the Vancouver School Board was given a 10-
day suspension after making "threats" toward a
supervisor during a phone call about his vacation
scheduling.
Kulwant Johal, building engineer, was phoned
by Gilbert Francisco, operations supervisor, at
3:30 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2017, to discuss his upcom-
ing scheduled vacation.
Francisco wanted to advise Johal that, as
per board policy, he was to begin his vacation
on Sept. 5, which was immediately following a
medical leave.
But Johal said he wanted his vacation to begin
the following week, on Sept. 11, with the fifth
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg 8
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
B.C. deal ratified
Social-services workers vote 85.7
per cent in favour to approve of
three-year contract with
'significant' wage hikes
Garda Security Screening — Ontario pg. 3 Tracker Logistics — Alberta
pg. 4 Minute Maid Company Canada — Ontario pg. 5 Island Tug and
Barge — British Columbia pg. 6 Electrical Contractors Association of
New Brunswick — New Brunswick pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see 'Repeated history' > pg. 8
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READERS'
LABOUR RELATIONS
TRAINING
CHOICE
irc.queensu.ca
Mastering Fac t-Finding & Investigation, Nov. 6-9, 2018: Vic toria
Building Internal Capacity To Effectively Deal with Workplace Complaints
Strategies for Workplace Conflic ts, Oc t. 30-Nov. 1, 2018: Toronto
Practical & Effective Conflict Resolution Skills for Managing Ever yday Workplace Disputes
SENIOR CARE
Mayfair Care Centre
Calgary
(130 care workers, kitchen staff, housekeeping employees) and the
Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC), Local 301
Renewal agreement: Effective
April 1, 2017, to March 31,
2020. Signed on Aug. 30, 2017.
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour
(previously $1 per hour) for
work on evening shift where
majority of hours worked falls
between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $2
per hour (previously $1.75 per
hour) for work on night shift
Kingston, Ont., textile worker
fired after not signing forms
A CHEMICAL fibres manufac-
turing employee refused to sign
a return-to-work (RTW) form —
on three separate occasions with
six different supervisors — lead-
ing to his termination.
Ted Jannack had worked for
Invista Canada since 2002, when
in April 2017, he was suspended
for three days for not completing
required virtual training assistant
(VTA) testing that was overdue.
"Ted needs to understand his
recent behaviour is further dem-
onstration that he is either unable
or unwilling to align himself with
our core values, and sustain a level
of commitment and performance
