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November 4, 2019
First agreement ratified
Improved schedules, new premiums
part of new deal signed by workers
at Metro Bayridge Road
supermarket in Kingston, Ont.
B.C. employer flushes away
worker snooping in washroom
A BRITISH COLUMBIA work-
er got into hot water for spying on
a coworker in a washroom, but it
was her dishonesty about the in-
cident that really flushed her em-
ployment down the toilet.
Rossdown Natural Foods is a
poultry processing and retail busi-
ness in Abbotsford, B.C. On June
12, 2019, a Rossdown employee
reported to the HR department
that another employee, Jiwanjot
Sobat, had invaded her privacy in
the employee washroom.
The employee was in the wash-
room during her lunch break due
Employee has right to remain silent
but must face consequences for actions
AN ONTARIO school board suspended a teach-
er without pay when the teacher's refusal to pro-
vide information on allegations of inappropriate
behaviour from two students hindered its inves-
tigation.
In May 2016, the parents of a 12-year-old fe-
male student told the Brant Haldimand Norfolk
Catholic District School Board that their daugh-
ter and her friend — who was in the same class —
had accused a teacher of inappropriate behaviour,
including painting the nails of one student with
highlighters and glitter blue, regularly placing his
hands on their shoulders, telling one student he
had a picture of her on his bedroom wall, lifting
one girl's shirt and bra strap to place a paper towel
underneath, placing his hand on one student's up-
per thigh, and commenting that one girl smelled
nice.
The school board questioned the teacher about
the allegations and, after consulting his union
NATURAL GAS
Shell Canada
Pincher Creek, Alta.
(56 plant employees) and Unifor, Local 835
Renewal agreement: Effective
April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2023.
Ratified on March 13, 2019.
Signed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 1, 2019: 2.5%
Effective March 1, 2020: 2.75%
Effective March 1, 2021: 3%
Effective March 1, 2022: 3.5%
Shift premium: 2.67% per
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Garda Canada — Ontario pg. 4 Tri-Line Carriers — Alberta pg. 4
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador — Newfoundland
and Labrador pg. 5 Nuna Contracting — Nunavut pg. 6
Municipal District of Spirit River #133 — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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see Arbitration > pg. 8
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