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October 29, 2018
Going AWOL triggers firing
for Ontario lumber worker
DESPITE being told he couldn't
take time off when he requested,
a worker at Ryam Tembec lum-
ber in Northern Ontario took five
days off without permission.
David Graham began work
with the employer on Aug. 21,
2015, initially as a fill-in worker
but eventually as a full-time em-
ployee with the company.
On March 7, 2018, Graham
asked Pierre Bouchier, sawmill
supervisor, for unpaid time off to
care for an ailing family member.
On the form, Graham marked
"personal" under the reason for
Saskatoon receptionist dismissed
after multiple complaints from staff
A LONG-TIME employee at the Saskatoon
Community Clinic was terminated after multiple
issues arose in a short period of time.
Carla Smith, receptionist, first worked at the
clinic in 1975, but retired in 2008. She returned to
the clinic in 2009.
Smith had no negative discipline on her record
for the entire time employed, but during a meet-
ing on March 17, 2016, she said, "Well, fuck you"
to two supervisors during a discussion about
Smith not taking her full complement of EDOs
(earned days off ).
The EDO program was mandated by the clinic
and compelled employees to work extra time on
certain days, and to take the resulting EDOs regu-
larly. The time was unpaid, which Smith said neg-
atively affected her pay and she said she was hav-
ing trouble paying her rent, leading to the profane
comment.
After the meeting, Smith was given a letter of
LUMBER
Tolko Industries
High Level, Alta.
(258 production employees) and the United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union (USW), Local 1-207
Renewal agreement: Effective
Aug. 1, 2017, to July 31, 2022.
Ratified on July 19, 2018. Signed
on July 19, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Aug. 1, 2017: 2.5%
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Weyburn deal ratified
Employees of Saskatchewan
town vote 90 per cent in favour of
contract with wage hikes
over four years
Canada Malting — Ontario pg. 3 Spectrum Supply Chain Solutions
— Alberta pg. 4 Pond Inlet Housing Association — Nunavut pg. 5 Piper
Creek Foundation — Alberta pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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