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March 25, 2019
B.C. forestry worker fired
for working during sick leave
A UNION-management dis-
agreement over seniority lists and
harassment lead a forestry worker
to take sick leave due to high stress
levels at work.
Rick Neuwirth worked as a
grapple yarder operator at Big
Lake Logging in British Columbia
and was recalled to work in Octo-
ber 2017, after an 18-month shut-
down. Big Lake and Island Forest
Company (IFC) worked under li-
cense to Western Forest Products,
which owned logging rights in the
Franklin River area.
The two companies were part
Unattended delivery truck leads to
Canada Post dispatcher termination
A LONG-time employee of Canada Post was fired
after a delivery truck trailer was left unaccounted
for overnight.
Brock Joubarne worked as a dispatcher with the
crown corporation since 2003. On Oct. 2, 2016,
Joubarne began his shift at an Ottawa mail pro-
cessing plant.
According to the scan-to-vehicle sheet (STV), a
trailer arrived at the loading dock at 9:39 a.m. and
it was unloaded immediately. The load included
several high-priority delivery items.
Instead, the trailer remained parked beside a
fence, which was in a fire route and was against
company regulations. It was eventually discov-
ered, unsecured, by a traffic control officer shortly
after midnight on Oct. 3.
When Joubarne was asked about the trailer by
superintendent Jean Levengneux, he said he in-
formed supervisor Donatus Nnorom or another
one identified as "Ange" about the missing trailer.
HEALTH SCIENCES
Nordion (Canada)
Ottawa
(130 technical employees) and the Public
Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2017, to March 31,
2020. Signed on July 18, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2017: 2% (plus
$500 signing bonus)
Effective April 1, 2018: 2%
Effective April 1, 2019: 2.25%
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Cannabis workers unionize
Call centre employees working
at Ontario Cannabis Store in
Toronto agree to join
UFCW Canada
Alberta Teachers' Association — Alberta pg. 4 McGill University —
Quebec pg. 5 City of Red Deer — Alberta pg. 5 Bonnyville Health
Centre — Alberta pg. 6 Government of Newfoundland and Labrador —
Newfoundland and Labrador pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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see Stress > pg. 8
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
Learn more:
Negotiation Skills: April 7-12: Kingston; July 22-26: Victoria
Labour Arbitration Skills: May 26-30, 2019: Kingston
Labour Relations Foundations: June 3-7: Halifax
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