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February 10, 2020
Labour Reporter
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Second incident of flushing wine
spells end for B.C. winery employee
A BRITISH COLUMBIA winery employee
flushed thousands of litres of wine — and with it
his job — down the drain.
Brent Crozier was hired by Mission Hill
Winery in West Kelowna, B.C., in 2008 and
became a cellar man in 2014. His job as a cellar
man involved transferring and blending wine
between tanks, which involves a system of hoses
and valves. Before a work order was completed,
the system was tested by running water through
the assembly that was diverted to floor drains
instead of the receiving tank. Once the test was
run, the diverting valve at the receiving tank
was adjusted so the wine will flow into the tank
instead of down the drain.
Once a transfer was initiated, cellar men
were required to check the flow of wine every
15 minutes to ensure everything was working.
This was done by checking a sight glass near the
receiving tank and walking along the lines to
Strike over
Workers at both airports in
Montreal agree to new deal,
ending job action
Management rights win out in
Saskatchewan start-time dispute
A SASKATCHEWAN school
board's collective agreement al-
lowed flexibility in setting start
times, but it didn't give workers
the right to choose themselves
when to start work.
The collective agreement be-
tween the Board of Education
of Regina School Division No. 4
and its union had a provision that
stated the starting time for senior,
in-charge facility technicians who
care for public schools as "at or
between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m." This
starting window was expanded
from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. in 2010 but
LIBRARIES
Lethbridge Library
Lethbridge, Alta.
(65 library employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 70
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022.
Ratified on May 7, 2019. Signed
on May 5, 2019.
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
ADM Milling — Ontario pg. 3 Swissport Canada Handling —
British Columbia pg. 4 Town of Taber – Alberta pg. 5 Pure
Canadian Gaming — Alberta pg. 6 General Dynamics
Land Systems Canada — Ontario pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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see Limits > pg. 8
see $160,000 > pg. 8
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