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AN ONTARIO municipality
violated its collective agreement
when it changed the requirement
in its health care plan allowing
employees' doctors to make
exceptions to its policy of only
paying for generic prescription
drugs, an arbitrator has ruled.
The City of Barrie, Ont.,
provides an extended health care
plan to its firefighters. The collec-
tive agreement has a provision
that states that the plan requires
Strike vote
ORNGE air ambulance
paramedics in Ontario agree
to walk off jobs if government
doesn't back down
RETIREMENT RESIDENCE
Prince of Peace Manor
Calgary
(100 HCAs, LPNs) and the Canadian Union of
Public Employees (CUPE), Local 8
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022.
Ratified on Nov. 3, 2020. Signed
on March 22, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2020: 1.5%
Effective July 1, 2021: 1.7%
Shift premium: Weekend
premiums will be paid between
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Photo:
Dougall_Photography
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see Unilateral > pg.8
Saskatchewan custodial worker dismissed
for stealing 10 cheap cleaning cloths
A SASKATCHEWAN arbitrator has reinstated,
with a suspension, a janitorial worker who was fired
for stealing cleaning supplies.
Jerry Jumalon was hired by the University of
Saskatchewan in 2011 as a caretaker in the university's
facilities management department. Originally from
the Philippines, his first language wasn't English.
The collective agreement provided for progres-
sive discipline but the university reserved the right
to use "any disciplinary action deemed appropriate."
Over the course of nearly eight years with the univer-
sity, Jumalon had no disciplinary record.
The assistant manager supervised employees in
multiple buildings, so Jumalon worked independently
without close supervision cleaning a campus library.
On Dec. 3, 2018, someone called the university's
confidential phone line for reporting suspected
fraud or unethical conduct and accused Jumalon of
May 17, 2021
see Theft > pg.8
Corporation of The City of Brantford — Ontario pg. 3
Construction Labour Relations Alberta — Alberta pg. 4
Canadian Food Inspection Agency — Ontario pg.5
Hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet — Nunavut pg.6
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
Photo:
JHVEPhoto
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
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COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Adjustment to drug plan
ruled breach of agreement
