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November 19, 2018
Sawmill labourer fired after failure
to lock out lumber equipment
DURING A LUMBER mill shut-
down, a labourer sticker picker
was advised to clean his area but
he neglected to follow a Plaster
Rock, N.B., employer's procedure
and lock out his equipment.
Andy Jenkins had worked at
the Twin Rivers Paper mill since
1997 (with an absence from 2008
until 2014) when on Nov. 1, 2017,
Galen Corbin, supervisor, ap-
proached Jenkins and a co-work-
er and told them to clean-up their
work areas during a mill down-
time.
Jenkins pushed the E-stop,
North Battleford, Sask., grocery-store worker
alleges employer short-changed vacation
AFTER A DISCOVERY Co-Operative worker
discovered he hadn't been receiving his owed va-
cation credits, he filed a grievance and asked for
nine weeks of vacation to be awarded.
Jerry Burnett worked at a North Battleford,
Sask., store since he was first hired as a student in
1977. He became a full-time worker on June 23,
1980, after he graduated from high school. Even-
tually, Burnett became produce manager.
The issue was first brought up by Burnett in
1986, when he discovered a worker with nine
years of experience was entitled to receive four
weeks of vacation per year. However, when Bur-
nett brought this up with the employer, he was
told that student service time did not count to-
ward vacation entitlement.
Burnett didn't pursue the issue any further, fig-
uring there was nothing more he could do.
But in 2001, co-op management told Burnett
that he would be receiving an award recognizing
SENIOR CARE
Intercare Corporate Group
Calgary
(943 nurses, clerks, assistants, cooks, aides, maintenance employees)
and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 8
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2020.
Ratified on Sept. 12, 2018.
Signed on Oct. 22, 2018.
Shift premium: $3.25 per hour
(previously $3 per hour) for
all hours worked between 11
p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday.
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Job action ends
After 36 days on strike,
employees at Moose Jaw
Co-op reach agreement
on new contract
Ventra Group — Ontario pg. 4 NorthernTel — Ontario pg. 5 Nova
Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association — Nova Scotia pg. 5
Old Dutch Foods — Alberta pg. 6 Westlock County — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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READERS'
LABOUR RELATIONS
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Negotiation Skills, Dec. 3-7, 2018: Vic toria
Developing Negotiating Styles & Tactics to Master the Dynamics of Collective Bargaining
Managing Unionized Environments, Nov. 27-29, 2018: Toronto
Living the Collective Agreement
see Arbitration > pg 8
