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A BRITISH Columbia company
was entitled to request a substance
test after a worker collided with a
gate in his truck despite the fact
there were concerns about the
gate's safety and design from a
previous incident according to an
arbitrator.
Aqeel Ahmad worked for
Global Container Terminals Can-
ada (GCT), the operator of a ship-
ping container terminal in Delta,
B.C. He was a rail dock man at
GCT's semi-automated rail yard.
The perimeter of the rail yard
was protected and workers had
to enter and exit through fenced
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BEVERAGE BOTTLING
Refresco Canada
Calgary
(69 technicians, engineers, production employees) and the United Food and
Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), Local 401
Renewal agreement: Effective
Feb. 1, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2024. Rati-
fied on Nov. 22, 2019. Signed on
Feb. 1, 2020.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Feb. 1, 2020: 1.5%
Effective Feb. 1, 2021: 1.5%
Effective Feb. 1, 2022: 1.5%
Effective Feb. 1, 2023: 1.5%
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
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see Previous> pg. 8
see TDSB > pg.8
Accommodation request denied
after 'reasonable' efforts by TDSB
AN ONTARIO school board worker with injury-
related driving restrictions didn't co-operate with
accommodation efforts that didn't fit with her
preferences, an arbitrator has ruled.
The 52-year-old worker was employed with the
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) as a safe
and caring schools office assistant at Vaughan
Road Academy school. Her commute in the morn-
ings usually took between 50 and 70 minutes, with
the afternoon return trip taking two hours or more
of driving.
On Sept. 1, 2017, the worker tripped in the
school parking lot and injured her knee. She was
diagnosed with a medial collateral ligament tear
and she received workers' compensation benefits
until November, when she began a graduated re-
turn to work. Her injury prevented her from driv-
ing, so the Ontario Workplace Safety and Insur-
ance Board (WSIB) paid for her to take taxis to and
from work until June 2018.
Wilson's Transportation — British Columbia pg. 3 Buffalo Trail
Public Schools — Alberta pg. 4 Sault Ste. Marie and District
Group Health Association — Ontario pg.5 Architectural Glass
and Metal Contractors Association — Ontario pg.6 The Board
Of Education School District No. 8 — British Columbia pg.6
November 16, 2020
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
B.C. company's drug test demand
ruled reasonable by arbitrator
