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August 31, 2015
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Nurse dismissed for sexual misconduct pg. 8
City of Prince Rupert — British Columbia pg. 3 City of Medicine Hat —
Alberta pg. 4 Nuna Contracting — Nunavut pg. 4 Stericycle — Ontario
pg. 5 7301901 Canada — Quebec pg. 5 Transport Robert 1973 —
Quebec pg. 6 Stericycle — Ontario pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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Shannon
Stapleton
(Reuters)
Labour Relations Foundations, S eptember 20-25, 2015: Kingston
i r c . q u e e n s u . c a
Laying the Groundwork for Excellence in Union-Management Relations
Change Management, S eptember 29 - Oc tober 1, 2015: O ttawa
Driving & Building Support for Successful Change Projects Using a Time-Tested Framework
pg. 2
OLG union vote under review
PSAC doubles down on organizing effort
BY LIZ FOSTER
IN THE FACE of possible privatization,
nearly 400 employees at the Ontario Lottery
and Gaming Corporation (OLG) in Sault Ste.
Marie took part in an Ontario Labour Rela-
tions Board (OLRB) vote on Aug. 13 to deter-
mine whether they would organize under the
the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
union.
But the vote is now under review by the
board after a number of ballots were segre-
gated. Of 392 ballots, 61 remain in dispute.
OLRB documents provided to Canadian
Labour Reporter show 175 votes were cast in
favour of the union while 129 ballots were cast
against. A total of 29 ballots have been agreed
upon and ruled out by the parties involved.
Presentations by both the employer and
union will help determine whether each of the
segregated ballots is valid and added to the of-
ficial count.
Conversion leads to conflict
WHEN Kemptville District Hos-
pital converted its long-term care
unit to accommodate convales-
cent care patients, Lauri Presley's
job was eliminated.
Presley had worked at the
Ontario-based facility more than
a decade as an RPN (registered
practical nurse) team leader when
she was given her layoff notice.
Following the conversion, her
position was eliminated and the
hospital created the new position
of "registered nurse team leader"
to oversee the convalescent care
patients.
Presley filed grievances though
her union, the International
Union of Operating Engineers
(IUOE) Local 772.
GOVERNMENT
Corporation of the
Township of Esquimalt
Esquimalt, B.C.
(160 inside and outside employees) and the Canadian
Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 333
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016.
Signed on March 30, 2015.
5 days' notice before sick
leave changes: Judge
Treasury Board boss Tony Clement
and federal unions
to face off Oct. 29.
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see PSAC > pg. 7
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Nearly 400 OLG workers in Sault Ste. Marie recently voted to determine whether they would organize
under PSAC. The Ontario Labour Relations Board is currently reviewing 61 segregated ballots.
