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A NEW Brunswick worker who
received a second call-in assign-
ment while on the way to the first
is entitled to a three-hour mini-
mum pay for each call, an arbitra-
tor has ruled.
Camille LeBlanc worked as a
maintenance repair worker for the
New Brunswick Department of So-
cial Development. He was respon-
sible for carrying out repairs to low
rental units around Moncton, Sack-
ville, and other nearby cities.
The collective agreement in-
cluded a provision governing call-
ins stipulating that any employ-
ees called in to work after leaving
Tentative deal
About 900 workers at Brinks
Canada in British Columbia and
Ontario agree to new contract
LUMBER PRODUCTION
Weyerhaeuser
Edson, Alta.
(73 production employees) and Unifor, Local 447
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2020 to March 31,
2025. Ratified on Oct. 29, 2020.
Signed on April 1, 2020.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2020: 2.5%
Effective April 1, 2021: 2.25%
Effective April 1, 2022: 2%
Effective April 1, 2023: 3%
Effective April 1, 2024: 2%
Shift premium: Employee will
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
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see Contract> pg.8
Handling of OPG analyst's move request
ruled unreasonable, unfair by arbitrator
AN ONTARIO employer was entitled to exercise
its discretion in determining if it could release an
employee for a temporary position but it acted un-
reasonably when it denied the release, an arbitrator
has ruled.
Alysha Wegrynowski was a senior financial ana-
lyst for Ontario Power Generation (OPG). The col-
lective agreement ensured that OPG employees had
access to career opportunities by allowing transfers
to short-term relief assignments — called rotations
— as long as their unit could afford to release them.
After completing a rotation, an employee would re-
turn to their original position or a comparable one.
In September 2019, Wegrynowski saw a post-
ing for a one-year rotation in another department.
The rotation was technically a demotion but it had
a higher salary. Wegrynowski was also interested in
trying out the shift work it involved.
Wegrynowski notified her manager that she
would be applying for the posted rotation. Protocol
October 4, 2021
see Collective> pg.8
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation —
Multiprovince pg. 4 The Corporation of the City
of Barrie — Ontario pg. 5 Martin-Brower of
Canada Calgary Centre — Alberta pg. 6
Compass Minerals Canada — Ontario pg. 7
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Overlapping call-ins should mean
2 call-in premiums: arbitrator
