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AN ONTARIO company dis-
criminated against a worker by
allowing rumours about her to
spread in the workplace, but the
worker didn't help her cause by
waiting to report them, an arbi-
trator has ruled.
The worker became a store-
keeper in the public works de-
partment for the City of Sarnia,
Ont. in April 2013. She had a close
relationship with a male city em-
ployee, referred to as "E."
In early 2014, the worker told a
coworker that E's wife had called
Workers join union
Despite challenges of
COVID-19, Unifor signs 80
employees virtually
LONG-TERM CARE CENTRE
AgeCare Midnapore
Calgary
(164 health-care aides, recreation aides , rehabilitation assistant) and the
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 8
Renewal agreement: Effective
Nov. 1, 2018 to Oct. 31, 2021.
Ratified on Jan. 7, 2020. Signed
on Feb. 17, 2020.
Shift premium: $3 per hour
for all hours worked between 3
p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday.
$2 per hour for all hours worked
between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $3
per hour for all hours worked
between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Workplace> pg. 8
see Shouting> pg.8
Worker's aggressive behaviour
includes racial slurs, violations
The Corporation of the City of Barrie — Ontario pg. 3
School District No. 79 (Cowichan Valley) — British
Columbia pg. 4 Town of Redcliff — Alberta pg.5
Cooper Standard Automotive Canada — Ontario pg. 7
AN ONTARIO arbitrator has upheld the termina-
tion of a worker who was accused of directing racial
slurs at a coworker during a profanity-laced tirade.
Levi Strauss is a clothing manufacturer specializ-
ing in denim blue-jeans that operates a distribution
centre in Rexdale, Ont. Employees at the distribu-
tion centre are subject to the company's "World-
wide Code of Business Conduct" that prohibits
"harassment of any kind" including any related to
race. The code states that "committing any kind of
harassment will lead to disciplinary action, up to
and including termination of employment."
Gerald Brown began working with Levi Strauss
in 1994. On May 17, 2017, he was "working on the
lines" of product being moved along for shipment.
At one point, the conveyor lines stopped moving
and Brown aggressively asked why it had stopped.
A coworker, Stephen Merraro, acknowledged that
he had shut down the line because he needed to
ask a question about a jam down the line, to which
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
City allowed talk to spread;
manager engaged in gossip
