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Millwright reinstated
after admitting theft
A WORKER will be reinstated
after admitting to the theft of two
wooden spools, an arbitrator has
decided.
The grievor, Harry Dejong,
admitted to stealing the two 36-
inch empty wooden spools used
for holding cable from Lanxess, a
large synthetic rubber production
operation in Sarnia, Ont., where
he worked as a maintenance mill-
wright.
As a result, he was dismissed in
January 2015.
November 30, 2015
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Tardiness leads to termination under progressive discipline policy pg. 6
City of Gatineau — Quebec pg. 3 SSQ Société d'Assurances Générales —
Quebec pg. 3 Acadia Broadcasting — Ontario pg. 4 Canadian Oilsands
Construction — Alberta pg. 4 Government of New Brunswick pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Mark
Blinch
/
Reuters
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pg. 2
Report ranks Ontario
last for good jobs
Province home to highest
proportion of mini-
mum wage earners
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
CBC union calls for shakeup in leadership
Rough road ahead for labour relations at public broadcaster: Lawyer
BY SABRINA NANJI
CANADA'S PUBLIC broadcaster is again
at odds with employees — this time, with the
union and leadership butting heads.
Cuts to the Canadian Broadcasting Corpo-
ration's labour force coupled with ideological
shifts (including a focus on digital program-
ming and reductions to local reporting ) have
prompted the Canadian Media Guild (CMG)
and its French counterpart, the Syndicat des
communications de Radio-Canada, to call for
new leadership.
The move is a rare and unprecedented one
for the union, but president Carmel Smyth
said the dismantling of the CBC over the last
eight years has finally reached a tipping point.
"Ideological funding cuts and the strategic
direction taken by CBC/Radio-Canada's senior
management have systematically crippled the
public broadcaster, thereby threatening both
Recent cuts at the CBC have prompted the union to seek a change in leadership.
see Multi-party > pg. 7
CONSTRUCTION
Construction Labour
Relations Association
Provincewide, Alberta
(150 bricklayers) and the International Union of
Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
Renewal agreement: Effective
May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2019.
Signed on May 4, 2015.
Shift premium: $3 per hour
see Arbitration > pg.6
