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A NEWFOUNDLAND and Lab-
rador employer could not send a
worker back to layoff after a tem-
porary recall when there were
other employees with less senior-
ity still working, an arbitrator has
ruled.
Thomas Howe was an auto-
motive technician for Fairway
Honda, an automotive dealer-
ship in Corner Brook, N.L. When
the COVID-19 pandemic hit
in March 2020, Fairway Honda
had to lay off a large number of
employees, including Howe, on
March 24. The dealership was
considered an essential business,
Union vote
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LONG-TERM CARE HOME
F.J. Davey Home
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
(386 residential care employees) and the Canadian Union of Public
Employees (CUPE), Local 4685
Renewal agreement: Effective
April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022.
Signed on April 23, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2019: 1%
Effective April 1, 2020: 1%
Effective April 1, 2021: 1%
Shift premium: $0.50 per hour
for all shifts in which majority
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Two> pg.8
Arbitrator reinstates worker dismissed
for not following COVID-19 protocols
A BRITISH Columbia worker's failure to follow
unreasonable instructions to self-isolate and take a
COVID-19 test was not insubordination that war-
ranted discharge, an arbitrator has ruled.
Jeremy Arnot was a senior technician in B.C. for
Terrapure Environmental, an industrial waste man-
agement and cleanup company based in Burlington,
Ont.
Arnot was part of a crew dispatched to a mill near
Ladysmith, B.C., for a cleanup assignment from
Nov. 22 to Nov. 27, 2020. The crew had to stay at a
hotel and shuttle to the mill site.
On Nov. 25, Arnot ordered chicken wings from a
restaurant. He fell ill later that evening with diarrhea
but he had no other symptoms.
The next day, Arnot told his supervisor that he
had diarrhea. He was driven back to the hotel and
told to get some rest. However, Arnot had lunch
plans with a friend and he felt that eating "real food"
would benefit him.
September 20, 2021
see Technician > pg.8
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) — Alberta pg. 3
Construction Labour Relations Association of British Columbia — British
Columbia pg. 4 Board of Health Middlesex-London Health Unit —
Ontario pg. 5 Machado Grocers dba Chalo FreshCo Tamarack — Alberta
pg. 6 School District No. 39 (Vancouver)— Vancouver pg. 7
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Single seniority list for layoffs
saves worker over apprentice
