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Windsor, Ont. nurse deserved censure
but not outright dismissal: arbitrator
AN ONTARIO nurse deserved discipline for
giving three new nurses a rough ride during their
orientation but termination was excessive, ruled
an arbitrator.
Joseph Diegues started working as a registered
nurse at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital in Windsor,
Ont. in 2011. He worked discipline-free for more
than seven years at the hospital.
In the fall of 2018, Diegues helped out with the
orientation of new nurses at the hospital. The ori-
entation involved having a nurse job-shadow him
for a day and learn the ropes.
While a new nurse was shadowing him on
Sept. 17, Diegues told her to leave medication un-
attended in a basket, which was a breach of hospi-
tal policy. Later that day, he asked her if she had a
boyfriend and, when she replied in the negative,
he asked her if she had dated anyone before. He
also asked about other personal details such as
her university, her religious background and her
Deal signed
150 Agropur Dairy
employees ratify new
collective agreement
Too many absences overrules seniority
for Halifax Infirmary job posting
A NOVA SCOTIA health care
worker lost her bid for another
position to someone with less
seniority because the worker was
on an attendance management
program.
Melissa Hart was a pharmacy
assistant/technician for the Nova
Scotia Health Authority (NSHA)
at the Halifax Infirmary. She was
initially hired in 2010 on a casual
basis and then she was moved to a
full-time position in 2014.
In 2013, Hart's mother passed
away and she took it hard. She felt
that managers and colleagues at
ENGINE PARTS AND SERVICE
Cummins Canada
Calgary
(44 mechanics, technicians, parts persons, drivers) and the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Local 1722.
Renewal agreement: Effective
June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2023.
Ratified on Dec. 20, 2018.
Signed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective June 1, 2018: 0%
Effective June 1, 2019: 1%
Effective June 1, 2020: 2%
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Windsor Grain Terminal — Ontario pg. 4 Vision Loss Rehabilitation
Alberta — Alberta pg. 4 Doepker Industries –Saskatchewan pg. 5
VHA Home Healthcare — Ontario pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Pacific
West
Cable
see Nova Scotia > pg. 7
see Inappropriate > pg. 7
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