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A NEWFOUNDLAND and
Labrador construction com-
pany's claim that a shop steward
wasn't qualified to be recalled af-
ter a layoff has been dismissed by
an arbitrator.
The collective agreement be-
tween the Construction Labour
Relations Association of New-
foundland and Labrador (CLRA)
— an association of construction
contractors across the province
— and its union protected union
stewards from discrimination
and stipulated that they had to be
Resource centre contract
Workers at Vancouver's
QMUNITY ratify agreement
after only two days of talks
CHEESE PRODUCTION
Parmalat Canada
Belleville, Ont.
(562 cheese factory workers) and the Black Diamond Cheese
Employees Independent Union, Local 555 (affiliated with Unifor)
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive March 1, 2019 to Feb. 28,
2022. Ratified in March 2019.
Signed on April 5, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Feb. 24, 2019: 2%
Effective March 1, 2020: 2%
Effective March 1, 2021: 2%
Shift premium: $0.84 per
hour (previously $0.79 per
hour) for afternoon shift, ris-
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Photo:
Rambleon
(iStock)
see Shop> pg. 8
see Institution > pg.8
Poisonous, intolerant workplace
should be corrected: Arbitrator
ON ONTARIO worker was subjected to both
sex and racial discrimination by a colleague who
brought a sex toy to work, an arbitrator has ruled.
The worker, an African-Canadian woman, was a
corrections officer for the Ontario Ministry of the
Solicitor General. She taught a refresher course in
defensive tactics at a women's correctional institu-
tion.
The worker was leading a training session in 2014
with a male co-trainer. Her colleague brought an
adult sex toy as a gag birthday present and showed
it to a co-worker attending the session. The worker
took offence because it was black and shaped like a
phallus.
The co-trainer was the lead instructor and had
many allies at the institution, so the worker was re-
luctant to report the incident. She asked for a trans-
fer to the Ontario Correctional Services College,
but the program coordinator told her to report the
incident to her chain of command.
Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter — Alberta pg. 3
EVRAZ — Alberta pg. 4 School District No. 68 (Nanaimo-
Ladysmith) — British Columbia pg.5 The Children's Aid
Society of the Niagara Region— Ontario pg.6
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Construction company breached
recall from layoff requirement
