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December 12, 2016
The border officer and the jet
Border services officer knew he shouldn't have accepted free tickets
after clearing Elton John's plane in Lethbridge, Alta.
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ARBITRATOR has upheld a 75-hour unpaid
suspension of a border services officer who accepted
free tickets to an Elton John concert after clearing the
singer's plane for entry into Canada.
Charles Stewart, an officer for the Canadian Border
Services Agency (CBSA) at the Port of Coutts near
Lethbridge, Alta. As a border services officer, Stewart
also had status as a peace officer and was subject to the
agency's code of conduct, which prohibited officers
from accepting gifts other than nominal tokens in the
course of work.
Stewart received satisfactory performance reviews
and an exemplary service medal in 2012. He had never
been suspended or disciplined for violation of the code
of conduct or code of ethics, though his disciplinary re-
cord included three written warnings related to public
complaints and a written reprimand for tardiness.
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Algonquin College Students' Association — Ontario pg. 3 ATCO Gas &
Pipeline — Alberta pg. 4 Lafarge Canada — Alberta pg. 5 Reimer Express
Lines — Quebec pg. 5 Oilers Entertainment Group — Alberta pg. 5 Russel
Metals — Alberta pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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pg. 2
Lilydale workers ratify
Raises, new shift premiums,
new footwear allowance for
Edmonton hatchery
employees
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Officer > pg. 7
TRANSPORTATION
Viterra
Provincewide, Saskatchewan
(550 workers, grain elevator employees) and Grain and
General Services Union (ILWU Canada) (CLC)
Renewal agreement: Effective
Nov. 1, 2015, to Oct. 31, 2018.
Signed on May 10, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1.75%
Shift premium: $1.50 per hour
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see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 8
Long-time forestry worker
has job classification changed
A WORKER with years of expe-
rience at a B.C. sawmill abruptly
had his job title changed and his
position shifted to a lesser one.
Prem Dhaliwal had been work-
ing for Canadian Forest Products
at the Isle Pierre sawmill in Prince
George since 1971. He had been
working as a head saw filer (HSF)
since 1994.
In March 2009, the company
said it needed to cut back on its
shift contingent and switched
Dhaliwal to working rotating
CFL team was right to release quarterback from his contract: Arbitrator pg. 8
