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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
