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A BRITISH COLUMBIA
municipality had just cause to
fire a worker who repeatedly
made unfounded harassment
complaints, an arbitrator has ruled.
The worker was employed at
a wastewater treatment plant for
Metro Vancouver Regional District
and was originally hired in 1991.
The worker was involved
in several workplace incidents
between 2005 and 2018. This
included two warnings, a letter
of expectation and a two-day
suspension. She also filed various
New agreement
About 650 employees at auto parts
maker Flex-N-Gate in Windsor, Ont.
sign three-year contract
SENIOR LIVING
Amica Britannia
Calgary
(100 health-care, maintenance, kitchen employees) and the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 8
Renewal agreement: Effective
March 1, 2020 to Feb. 29, 2024.
Ratified on Dec. 22, 2020 .
Signed on April 15, 2021.
Shift premium: $0.50 per hour
for all hours worked during any
shift where majority of sched-
uled hours are between 3 p.m.
and 11 p.m. Effective March
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Employee > pg.8
Edmonton correctional facility manager
fails to deal with 'horseplay,' gets dismissed
AN ALBERTA correctional facility had just cause to
dismiss a manager who failed to deal with and report
an incident of "horseplay" by correctional officers on
duty, an arbitrator has ruled.
April Michel was an acting corrections manager
at Edmonton Institution (EI), a role she took in
March 2015 after having the same title at the
Edmonton Institute for Women. Prior to that, she
had been a corrections officer.
In March 2017, the Correctional Service of
Canada (CSC) conducted a workplace assessment
at EI that found the workplace there was toxic. CSC
held town-hall meetings with EI employees, at which
they were told that their careers were at risk if they
knew of employee misconduct and didn't report it.
A correctional officer then reported that in
September 2015, Michel told two correctional
officers that she had just seen a female officer
May 24, 2021
see Worker > pg.8
CTV Northern Ontario (Sudbury\Timmins)
— Ontario pg. 3 Hendrickson Spring
Stratford Operations — Ontario pg. 4
Apex Utilities — Alberta pg.5
Aurora Resthaven — Ontario pg.7
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
Photo:
stephanjungck
(iStock)
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Multiple reasons justified
for wastewater worker firing
