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Worker's suspension for
denigrating co-worker reduced
Canada Post worker
didn't accept responsibility
but management didn't
try to reduce tension
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ARBITRATOR has reduced the four-day sus-
pension of a Canada Post worker who swore multiple
times at a co-worker after days of tension in the work-
place.
The worker — who had 30 years of service — was
employed with Canada Post at its mail processing plant
in Halifax. In June 2014, she was on a graduated return
to work program that allowed her to return to her reg-
ular hours after some time off work. Her job involved
loading and unloading containers of mail on and off
August 15, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Worker won't have to pay for years of 'self-editing' timesheets pg. 8
Calm Air International — Manitoba pg. 3 JV Driver Fabricators — Alberta pg.
4 ParaMed Home Health Care — Ontario pg. 4 Pre-Eng Contracting
— Ontario pg. 5 Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations—
Saskatchewan pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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pg. 2
GTAA agreement
Canada's largest airport signs
3-year deal affecting 1,050
Unifor workers.
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Insults > pg. 7
Cause can't be removed from
initial decision: Arbitrator
A SENIOR case manager has
been reinstated after a termina-
tion despite four separate client
complaints and two violent threats
that were made against him , an ar-
bitrator ruled.
Jocelyn Ouellette was a case
manager with WorkSafe NB, the
crown corporation that oversees
rehabilitation and compensa-
tion for injured workers in New
Brunswick.
A violent incident report was
filed in December 2014 after a cli-
TRANSPORTATION
Attridge Coach Lines
Burlington, Ont.
(45 bus drivers) and Teamsters Local Union 879
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive May 24, 2016, to May 23,
2018. Signed June 9, 2016 (first
contract).
Wage adjustments (calculated
by CLR):
Effective May 24, 2017: 1.5%
Effective May 24, 2018: 2.1%
Effective May 24, 2017: proba-
tionary day rate 2.5%
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 8
