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January 2, 2019
Alberta ironworkers grieve after
classifications change in new contract
DURING BARGAINING for a
2015-to-2018 collective agree-
ment for workers at Empire Iron
Works in Edmonton, the union
wanted detailed job classifica-
tions to be written into the new
deal.
The Shopmen's Local 805
union of the International As-
sociation of Bridge, Structural,
Ornamental and Reinforcing
Iron Workers wanted to enshrine
proper job descriptions because
it was concerned that when em-
ployees in the past were bumped
up to a higher job class solely for
Regina chartered accountant terminated
from government job over sick leave
AFTER RECEIVING a poor performance re-
port in November 2016 and being placed on
a performance improvement plan (PIP), an
employee went on extended sick leave.
The employee, who was only identified as "BF,"
worked as a chartered public accountant and a
business systems analyst at the Human Resour-
ces Service Centre (HRSC) for the Saskatchewan
government, when on April 18, 2017, and after
18 years of experience with the employer, he was
fired.
"You have been absent from the workplace
since Dec. 14, 2016; without sufficient medical
information since Jan. 10, 2017; and absent with-
out approved leave since April 10, 2017. You have
been advised on numerous occasions that we have
not received sufficient medical to substantiate
your extended absence from the workplace," said
the letter signed by Karen Aulie, chair of the Pub-
lic Service Commission.
COMMUNICATIONS
Shaw Cablesystems
Abbotsford, B.C.
(34 foremen, technicians, journeymen, apprentices, installers,
technical field representatives) and the Telecommunications
Workers Union, United Steelworkers (USW), Local 1944
Renewal agreement: Effect-
ive April 1, 2017, to March 31,
2020. Signed on April 1, 2017.
Shift premium: 10% of
straight-time hourly rate for
all hours worked on Sunday.
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Public sector deal signed
About 4,500 workers in
Newfoundland and Labrador
approve new collective
agreement
Rexall/Pharma Plus Pharmacies — Ontario pg. 3 University of Toronto
— Ontario pg. 4 Northern Safety Network Yukon — Yukon pg. 6 Sobeys
Western Cellars — Alberta pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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