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AN ALBERTA company with in-
consistent enforcement of safety
policies has been ordered by an ar-
bitrator to reinstate a worker it fired
after two safety-related incidents.
The worker was a lead operator
at a sour gas plant near Brazeau,
Alta., for Calgary-based Tidewa-
ter Midstream. The worker had
29 years of service at the plant,
which was purchased by Tide-
water in 2015. Over that time, he
had one instance of discipline — a
verbal warning following a physic-
al altercation with a coworker in
7-day lockout ends
Employees at Mr. Furnace in
St. Catharines, Ont. agree to
contract
A GROUP of disabled Air Canada employees are
protected from termination by a collective agree-
ment provision requiring the airline to continue
health benefits indefinitely, an arbitrator has ruled.
Air Canada funded a wage indemnity plan (WIP)
that was held by the Canadian Union of Public
Employees (CUPE, Air Canada Component) and
administered by a third-party provider. The WIP
provided weekly indemnity and long-term disabil-
ity (LTD) benefits — the latter payable until the em-
ployee died, resigned, returned to work, or turned
65 and qualified for a pension.
In addition, the collective agreement incorpo-
rated the airline's supplementary health insurance
plan into it and expressly provided that Air Canada
would continue to provide supplementary health
benefits to employees receiving LTD due to "injury
or sickness."
In June 2016, Air Canada contacted 49 employ-
ees who were members of CUPE and listed as totally
VEHICLE RENTALS
Aviscar
Calgary
(196 agents, shuttlers, mechanics) and the United Food and Commercial
Workers (UFCW) Canada, Local 401
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive June 1, 2019 to April 30,
2022. Ratified on Sept. 5, 2019.
Signed on June 1, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
(For rental-sales agents, service
agents, shuttlers, utility agents,
mechanics, rovers on payroll
and above progression rates)
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Prince Edward Island Department of Health — Prince Edward Island
pg. 3 Tayco Panelink – Ontario pg. 4 St. Albert Public School
Division – Alberta pg. 5 University Health Network (Toronto General
Hospital) — Ontario pg. 6
Photo:
jimfeng
(iStock)
see Alberta> pg. 8
see Provision> pg.8
Lack of policy saves worker's job
after multiple safety violations
Collective agreement prevents termination
of 49 disabled Air Canada employees
May 25, 2020
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
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