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September 17, 2018
Calgary grocery store cashier fired
after giving customer free case of pop
Violated internal-theft
policy: Employer
AFTER SHE was confused during a price-check,
a cashier mistakenly gave a customer a free case of
pop, leading to her termination.
"KW" had nine years of service with the em-
ployer, the Calgary Co-Operative Association, at
the West Springs store in Calgary when on Jan. 13,
2017, she served a customer who wished to pur-
chase two 24-can cases of Co-op-branded pop.
When KW scanned the flavoured beverage
(known as Citrus Wave), it came up as $3.99 per
case. The customer said all the other cases were on
sale at $2.99 and she asked to receive that price.
KW asked one of the store clerks to do a price
check to find out the correct charge for the pop.
When the clerk returned, he told KW that $3.99
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg 8
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
No Marriott strike
Tentative agreement reached that
sees 168 Toronto hotel workers
working during Toronto
International Film Festival
UPS Cartage Services — Quebec pg. 3 The County of Grande Prairie
— Alberta pg. 4 University of Toronto — Ontario pg. 5 Spruce Lodge
Home for the Aged — Ontario pg. 5 Real Canadian Wholesale Club —
Alberta pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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LABOUR RELATIONS
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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
AUTOMOTIVE PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS
Autoliv Canada
Tilbury, Ont.
(170 customer-focus, prototype, barcode functions employees,
lab technicians, shippers, receivers) and Unifor, Local 1941
Renewal agreement: Effective
Oct. 15, 2017, to Oct. 15, 2020.
Signed on Oct. 15, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Oct. 15, 2017: $0.40
per hour
Effective Oct. 15, 2018: $0.40
per hour
Employer denies bereavement leave
after death of worker's ex-spouse
WHEN HER former husband
of 24 years died, a Saskatchewan
worker wanted time off the attend
the funeral.
Even though they had been di-
vorced for six years, Sheila Koller,
who had two sons with her ex-
husband, requested bereavement
leave from her employer, the Sas-
katchewan Health Authority.
Koller took time off work from
Nov. 5 to 8, 2012, after her hus-
band passed away on Nov. 4.
She wanted to use the time off
from the bereavement provision
of the collective agreement, which
see 'Strained' > pg. 8
