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A BRITISH Columbia sawmill's
closure agreement that allowed
employees to seek permission to
leave for new employment before
the mill closed didn't mean that
those employees didn't quit their
jobs, an arbitrator has ruled.
Flavelle Sawmill Company op-
erated a sawmill in Port Moody,
B.C. In 2020, the company decided
to close the sawmill permanently.
It reached a "closure agreement"
with the union on Sept. 11, 2020,
which labelled Oct. 31 as the mill's
final day of operation.
The closure agreement sup-
ported re-employment of the
New contract
Wage hikes, new classifications,
full-time guarantees part of
agreement signed by MEC workers
in B.C.
HOUSE BUILDING
SRI Homes Regent
Lethbridge, Alta.
(137 production employees) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers
International Union (USW), Local 1-207
Renewal agreement: Effective
Dec. 1, 2019 to Nov. 30, 2023.
Ratified on April 21, 2021.
Signed on April 21, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Dec. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Dec. 1, 2020: 1%
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Agreement> pg.8
Professor fired for missing make-up hours
despite agreeing to more class time after strike
AN ONTARIO college had just cause to dismiss
a professor who failed to teach extra course hours
to make up for missed classes, an arbitration board
has ruled.
The professor at Canadore College, a college of
applied arts and technology in North Bay, Ont., had
a disciplinary record with a 2.5-day suspension in
2016 for falsely claiming he was off sick and a 2015
written warning for missing several scheduled
classes without providing notice.
The 2017 fall semester was interrupted by an aca-
demic staff strike that ran from Oct. 16 to Nov. 21.
After it ended, the professor expressed concern that
his Monday marketing course (MKT-100) wouldn't
be able to make up the lost time because statutory
holidays had left the course with less class time than
most before the strike had started.
The professor reached an agreement with the col-
lege in which he would provide additional teaching
time over the course of the semester. The semester
November 15, 2021
see Educator> pg.8
Essex Terminal Railway Company — Ontario
pg. 3 Hamlet of Baker Lake — Nunavut pg. 4
ASIG Canada dba Menzies Aviation — Alberta
pg. 5 St. Joseph's Health Care London —
Ontario pg. 6
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
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pg. 2
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Quitting before closing date
still considered resignation
