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AN ONTARIO worker's termina-
tion and harassment grievances
have been dismissed by an arbitra-
tor after the worker had no interest
in participating in a rehearing.
The worker was a federal gov-
ernment employee on fixed-term
employment contract under a col-
lective agreement that required
the employer to have just cause to
terminate the employment of any
employee.
In July 2018, the employer ter-
minated the contract without just
cause. The worker filed two griev-
ances — one over the contract ter-
mination and one alleging that the
Tentative contract
About 6,000 blue-collar
municipal workers in Montreal
sign deal after two years of talks
RAIL TRANSPORTATION
GATX Rail Canada
Red Deer, Alta.
(58 car repairers, clerks) and Unifor, Local 21-A
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 9, 2020 to Jan. 9, 2024. Rati-
fied on May 22, 2020. Signed on
May 22, 2020.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 9, 2020: 2%
Effective Jan. 9, 2020: 2%
Effective Jan. 9, 2020: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 9, 2020: 3%
Shift premium: $1 for hours
on afternoon shift. $1.10 for
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Failure> pg.7
see Service > pg.7
Regina instructor has job reinstated
after multiple racist comments made
A SASKATCHEWAN post-secondary instructor
has been reinstated with a lengthy suspension after
he was fired for making racist comments about First
Nations people.
The 64-year-old employee was an instructor at
Saskatchewan Polytechnic (SaskPoly), a post-sec-
ondary institution in Regina. On Nov. 26, 2018, the
coordinator of the Indigenous Student Centre (ISC)
sent an email requesting donations for food ham-
pers for students.
A short time later, the instructor replied with his
own email containing the comment: "Have we not
given enough already. Be like the rest get jobs."
The ISC coordinator went to the instructor's of-
fice to discuss the email, and the instructor asked
him why Indigenous students couldn't get jobs like
his own students. He also remarked that First Na-
tions people should stop asking for handouts and
"if it wasn't for programs like the one I am teaching,
your people would still be living in teepees."
Voortman Cookies — Ontario pg. 3 HRN Labour
Services — Northwest Territories pg. 4
Toronto Residential Construction Labour Bureau
— Ontario pg.5 RMWB Transit — Alberta pg.6
January 11, 2021
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Interest lost in grievances
after new arbitrator named
