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December 5, 2016
Purolator worker thrown out
for tossing customers' packages
But union successfully
grieves dismissal, citing
leniency with other workers
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A PUROLATOR worker was an unfair sacrificial
lamb when he was fired after a video of him and co-
workers mishandling packages aired on a news pro-
gram, an arbitrator ruled.
The 50-year-old worker was a depot sorter for Pu-
rolator in Prince George, B.C. His job involved secur-
ing the aircraft that flew into the facility every morn-
ing and unloading the freight into vans, usually using a
hydraulic belt-loader.
Purolator's approved unloading process required
using the belt-loader, and other methods weren't en-
couraged. If the belt-loader had mechanical issues, a
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Bayview Golf and Country Club — Ontario pg. 3 Manitoba Public Insurance
— Manitoba pg. 4 The University of Guelph — Ontario pg. 4 The City of
Spruce Grove — Alberta pg. 5 Century Printing — Ontario pg. 6 Atlantis
Transportation Services — Ontario pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
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pg. 2
Airport strike averted
Vancouver airport workers
agree to deal in weekend
bargaining session
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see News > pg. 7
MANUFACTURING
Rolls-Royce Canada
Lachine, Que.
(630 production employees) and International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), Local Lodge 869
Renewal agreement: Effective
March 20, 2016, to March 19,
2020. Signed on July 11, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 20, 2016: 2.75%
Effective March 19, 2017: 2.75%
Effective March 18, 2018: 2.75%
Effective March 17, 2019: 3%
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see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 8
Ontario forestry worker
dangerously harasses colleague
A FEMALE worker was harassed
by a colleague to such an extent
that she had to push an emergency
stop button on a lumber-process-
ing machine, after fearing for her
safety.
Richard McWatch had worked
at the Tembec Enterprises Chap-
leau Sawmill in Northern Ontario
for 22 months as a vacation re-
lief/spare operator before being
terminated for cause on June 27,
2016.
The firing stemmed from a June
Coca-Cola worker reinstated after threatening colleague with knife pg. 8
