Canadian Labour Reporter

July 25, 2016

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PM #40065782 Labour Reporter Canadian www.labour-reporter.com Employee fired after fish fry dinner Worker said he was trying to be funny and didn't intend to offend, but his behaviour was considered vexatious and unwelcome: Aribtrator BY JEFFREY R. SMITH AN ARBITRATOR has upheld the dismissal of an Ontario unionized worker for sexual harassment after the worker posed nearly naked on top of a female co- worker's car at a company event. George Mummery, 53, worked for 22 years at In- nophos Canada, a producer of phosphate compounds for food production in Port Maitland, Ont. Innophos had policies on workplace harassment that were out- lined annually to employees and were placed on the company intranet. Each year, Mummery and other Innophos employ- ees attended a day-long event that featured presenta- tions by management and the union — United Steel- workers (USW). At the end of the day, the company held a "fish fry" dinner at an outside venue. Following the 2015 dinner, the venue informed In- nophos that its security cameras had recorded inap- propriate behaviour by someone at the event. It gave July 25, 2016 ARBITRATION AWARDS Casino bartenders fired over free drinks of double tequilas pg. 8 Aecon Mining — Alberta pg. 3 Manitoba Government — Manitoba pg. 4 Martin-Brower — Alberta pg. 6 Matthews Equipment — Alberta pg. 6 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Photo: Evgeny Karandaev (Shutterstock) pg. 2 Canada Post, CUPW agree to 'cooling off' Both sides set for 30 more days of in-depth talks on new labour deal ARBITRATION AWARDS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS see Worker > pg. 7 No 'fatal flaws' found in hospital's job competition A TOUGH JOB competition be- tween two registered nurses was assessed by an arbitrator recently after the union filed a grievance, claiming the selection process was fatally flawed and should be re-run. The case involved Heidi Taylor, who lost out on the posted posi- tion of nurse clinician-educator at Hamilton Health Services to her colleague Ellen Begin. Both women began their careers at the hospital in 1991. When it came to competitions, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Cott Beverages Canada Mississauga, Ont. (120 production employees) and Teamsters Local Union 938 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2016, to Jan. 31, 2019. Signed on April 22, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Feb. 1, 2017: 1.5% Effective Feb. 1, 2018: 2% Shift premium: Afternoon 60 cents per hour. Night 70 cents per hour. Lead hand premium: $2.03 per hour. see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg. 8

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