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April 29, 2019
St. John's firefighter denied sick pay
after not submitting certificate
AFTER HE booked off sick for
two consecutive shift cycles, a
firefighter was surprised to find
out he had not been paid for the
second shift he was off.
David Osmond began work-
ing for the St. John's Regional Fire
Department in 2008 and worked
at the Paradise station. Osmond's
rotating-shift position included
24 hours on and 72 hours off.
On Aug. 29, 2017, Osmond
called fire captain Peter Fowler
and informed him he would be
off sick for his next two scheduled
tours of duty, which were on Aug.
Halifax airport screener grieves refusal
to provide access for smoking breaks
BECAUSE OF the unique layout at the Halifax
Stanfield International Airport, some airport
screeners were unable to have smoke breaks,
which precipitated with one grievance filed.
Linda Burns, who worked at the airport for
eight years, was denied from having cigarette
breaks because she worked in the non-passenger
vehicle screening (NPVS) area that was strictly
non-smoking for any personnel.
Burns worked for Securitas Transport Aviation
Security, which was under contract to the Canadi-
an Air Transport Security Authority. In the NPVS
area, vehicles were screened by Burns and other
screening officers.
The airport only provided one area for persons
to smoke, which was located directly across from
the main passenger entrance area.
During a normal workday for screeners, the
employees were greeted by a manager who would
drive a van to pick them up. The van followed a
GOVERNMENT
e City of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, Alta.
(860 inside, outside employees) and the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 70
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive Jan. 1, 2019, to Dec. 31,
2022. Ratified on Dec. 10, 2018.
Signed on Dec. 10, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.5%
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
First contract ratified
Custodial employees at Acadia
University in Wolfville, N.S.,
approve deal after only
two days of bargaining
Loomis Express Canada — Multiprovince pg. 3 Weyerhaeuser — Alberta
pg. 4 Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association — Nova
Scotia pg. 5 NorQuest College — Alberta pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
kevin
brine
(Shutterstock)
see IAFF > pg. 7
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
Learn more:
Labour Arbitration Skills: May 26-30, 2019: Kingston
Labour Relations Foundations: June 3-7, 2019: Halifax
Negotiation Skills: July 22-26, 2019: Victoria
negotiate
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with
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confidence
see Arbitration > pg. 7
