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September 30, 2019
Strike vote
Municipal employees who work
for the District of Coldstream in
B.C. approve walkout
after talks break off
Employer switches contractors
mid-job due to pace of work
WHEN a job to build a firewall
ran into difficulties, the employer
made the decision to switch con-
tractors, triggering a policy griev-
ance.
Aecon Construction Group was
the main contractor at a K+S Pot-
ash Canada job site in 2016 when
it sub-contracted a fire-stopping
wall job to Kaefer Industrial Ser-
vices, which had a collective
agreement with the International
Association of Heat and Frost In-
sulators and Allied Workers (HFI-
AW), Local 119.
In January 2017, Aecon decided
CEWA grieves after warehouse worker
in Nisku, Alta. terminated in mass job cuts
AFTER a series of challenging years for ATCO
Electric in Alberta, the company began to lay off
hundreds of workers in 2015.
But on Sept. 23, Christina Henderson was ter-
minated from her position as senior warehouse-
man in Nisku, Alta. — despite being one of the
most senior of 11 fellow employees. She was origi-
nally hired on Oct. 31, 2007.
According to the grievance letter, filed by the
Canadian Energy Workers' Association (CEWA)
union on Oct. 28, Henderson felt that "as the only
female in the warehouse and of the third most se-
niority, I was dismissed. I was incredibly embar-
rassed and ashamed when I was forced to walk
out after being dismissed in front of coworkers,
rather than being accompanied in a private man-
ner while the supervisor of Nisku and Jean [Loitz,
director of corporate services] sat at the end of the
hall talking and laughing. It's apparent that there
was no intention or necessary measures taken
FIRE FIGHTING
City of Airdrie
Airdrie, Alta.
(71 firefighters, fire prevention officers) and the Airdrie
Professional Firefighters Association, Local 4778
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2020.
Ratified on July 5, 2019. Signed
on Jan. 1, 2018.
Shift premium: $1 per hour for
each hour worked between 6
p.m. and 8 a.m. (not subject to
overtime percentages).
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
H.M. Trimble and Sons (1983) — Multiprovince pg. 3 Loblaw
Companies — Manitoba pg. 4 Core-Mark International — Alberta
pg. 5 Motor Coach Industries — Manitoba pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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see Arbitration > pg. 7
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