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AN ONTARIO company could
lay off a union steward who wasn't
properly appointed under the col-
lective agreement rules, an arbi-
trator has ruled.
Quality Sterling Group (QSG)
is a flooring contractor for resi-
dential construction projects in
Ontario. It had a collective agree-
ment with a provision recogniz-
ing a union steward appointed
by the union. The steward had to
have "a regular employment/sub-
contracting relationship with the
company" and the union could
New deal in Ontario
MDA workers to receive seven-
per-cent wage hikes, cost-of-
living allowance in first year
PHARMACEUTICALS
Catalent Ontario
Strathroy, Ont.
(195 pharmaceutical manufacturing employees) and Unifor, Local 27
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive March 10, 2019 to March
10, 2023. Ratified in March
2019. Signed on March 27,
2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 10, 2019: 6%
Effective March 10, 2020:
2.8%
Effective March 10, 2021:
2.8%
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Photo:
baranozdemir
(iStock)
see Collective> pg. 8
see Worker> pg.8
B.C. forklift driver unfairly lumped in
with discipline for bullying coworker
A BRITISH Columbia arbitrator has reduced the
suspension of a worker who was involved in an in-
cident where bullying comments were made about
and to a colleague.
Chris Klapatiuk was a warehouse forklift driver
for Cariboo Pulp and Paper, a paper mill in Ques-
nel, B.C., since 2009. On Aug. 22, 2019, a female
coworker told Klapatiuk to "hot load" pulp that was
stacked flat in sheets onto rail cars because Cari-
boo's shipping was behind schedule. "Hot load"
meant that the pulp was moved directly from the
production line to rail cars without storing it first.
Klapatiuk didn't want to do a hot load and told
the coworker it was difficult, as they would have to
put the pulp down, pick it up from the other side,
and then load two rail cars. The coworker said that
the quality control supervisor — who was also fe-
male — wanted it shipped and Klapatiuk responded
by commenting "that bitch."
About one hour later, the quality control supervisor
Diamond International Trucks — Alberta pg. 3 Shaw
Communications — British Columbia pg. 4 McKenzie
Towne Continuing Care — Alberta pg.5 The Master
Insulators' Association of Ontario — Ontario pg.6
Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education — Alberta pg.7
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Double-dipping appointment
can't prevent worker's layoff