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October 21, 2019
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restaurant workers
Shouting matches lead to dismissal
after finger in coworker's face in B.C.
SHOUTING matches between
a B.C. trucking company worker
and a supervisor were a common
sight at one workplace, but one day
the worker became a little too ani-
mated for the company's liking.
Forshner Brothers/Horsman
Trucking operated a logging truck
business out of Gibsons, B.C.
One senior driver, Marcel Sipkes,
didn't get along well with the safe-
ty supervisor, Laura Snoek. They
often had disagreements, particu-
larly over the dispatch of junior
drivers over senior drivers.
Snoek at one point told Sipkes
Worker justly suspended, unjustly dismissed
after allegations of spying levelled in B.C.
A BRITISH Columbia worker whose phone was
wiped by his wife after allegations he spied on co-
workers, deserved an unpaid suspension for not
co-operating with the investigation but not termi-
nation, according to an arbitrator.
The worker was a water and wastewater plant
operator and equipment operator for the District
of Houston in northern B.C. He initially used his
personal cellphone for work purposes and the
district reimbursed him for it. The district eventu-
ally provided the man with a work iPhone, where
he used his personal Apple account to include his
saved information. The district had a mobile de-
vices policy that all records on employer-provided
cellphones were the property of the district.
In August 2017, the district's chief administra-
tor officer (CAO) was told that four female em-
ployees had reported that the worker had showed
up in their work areas — three of them worked
in parks — which "creeped" them out. They also
LABOUR UNIONS
Alberta Federation of Labour
Edmonton
(5 labour-union employees) and Unifor, Local 445
Renewal agreement: Effect-
ive April 1, 2019 to March 31,
2022. Ratified on Aug. 31, 2019.
Signed on Sept. 18, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
(For executive directors, de-
partmental staff )
Effective April 1, 2019: 1.5%
Effective April 1, 2020: 1.5%
Effective April 1, 2021: 2.5%
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
First Canada, doing business as First Student Canada — British Columbia
pg. 3 Town of Canmore — Alberta pg. 4 Municipal Property Assessment
Corporation — Ontario pg. 4 Misericordia Community Hospital and Villa
Caritas — Alberta pg. 6 Canada Cartage System (Winnipeg Division)
— Manitoba pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
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see Interactions > pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg. 8
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