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A NEWFOUNDLAND and
Labrador company's drug testing
of employees after finding evi-
dence of marijuana use was rea-
sonable and not in violation of the
collective agreement, an arbitra-
tor has ruled.
Corner Brook Pulp and Paper
operates a newsprint paper mill.
The facility is a large complex
that includes a shipping area
where newsprint is stored. The
shipping area includes a wharf
where ships are loaded by em-
ployees using clamp trucks to pick
up and carry large rolls of paper
weighing between 300 and 1,300
New agreement
Three-year contract signed for
workers at Revera seniors' home in
Medicine Hat, Alta. includes
multiple raises
POWER GENERATION
Ontario Power Generation
Various locations in Ontario
(286 construction employees) and the Canadian Union of Skilled Workers
(CUSW)
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive May 1, 2020 to April 30,
2023. Ratified in January 2021.
Signed on March 11, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective May 1, 2020: 1%
Effective May 1, 2021: 1%
Effective May 1, 2022: 1%
Shift premium: Employees
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Employer> pg.8
Youth worker excluded from pandemic pay
after being considered manager, not eligible
THE ONTARIO Grievance Settlement Board has
dismissed a complaint from a management-level
provincial employee claiming extra pandemic pay
because such pay wasn't part of the employee's terms
and conditions of employment.
Kevin Shkuratoff worked as a coordinator for
maintenance services at the Brookside Youth Cen-
tre, a youth justice facility in Cobourg, Ont., operated
by the Ontario Ministry of Children, Community
and Social Services. His job duties included main-
tenance and monitoring of facility systems as well
as construction and renovation projects. He super-
vised various tradespersons, housekeeping staff, and
maintenance workers throughout the facility and his
role was managerial in nature, so he wasn't part of the
facility's collective bargaining unit.
Shkuratoff 's office was located within the secure
area of the facility. Other managers had offices out-
side of the secure area and most of the other offices
inside were for youth service managers (YSMs), who
September 13, 2021
see Others > pg.8
The City of Fort Saskatchewan — Alberta pg. 4 Health
Employers Association of British Columbia
— British Columbia pg. 5 Young Women's Christian
Association of Yellowknife (Sutherland House) — Northwest
Territories pg. 6 Hartmann Canada — Ontario pg. 7
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Arbitrator upholds drug testing
after proof of use found onsite
