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March 13, 2017
B.C. archeologist fired
after job category change
A long-time museum worker in
British Columbia did not fully ac-
cept a job change when manage-
ment decided the archeology de-
partment would be shut down.
Martina Steffen had worked at
the Royal BC Museum in Victo-
ria, B.C., since 1999. She was the
senior collections manager for the
archeology collection but on Nov.
29, 2012, she was told that her job
was being changed to gallery and
theatre program facilitator in the
museum's learning department.
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Woodbine Entertainment Group — Ontario pg. 3 Diversified Transportation
— Alberta pg. 4 Seaspan Ferries — British Columbia pg. 4 Electrical
Contractors Association of New Brunswick — New Brunswick pg. 5
Manitoba Hydro — Manitoba pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
GOOGLE
STREET
VIEW
pg. 2
Brock U deal
CUPE academic workers sign
new agreement — assisted by
conciliation officer —
averting strike
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Edmonton food service aide loses promotion to less-senior colleague pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg 6
Ontario worker terminated
for twice threatening co-worker
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ARBITRATOR has upheld the dismissal
of an Ontario worker after he twice threat-
ened a co-worker and tried to downplay it af-
terwards.
The worker was employed with Atlantic
Packaging, a producer of packaging products
in Toronto, for 12 years as a forklift operator.
On Dec. 10, 2015, the worker approached
another employee on the plant floor after
his shift was over and began yelling at him
in front of several other employees. He said
"If you have a f---ing problem, we can take it
outside."
The worker's supervisor came out of his of-
fice and the other employee told him that the
worker had just threatened him. The supervi-
sor asked the worker if this was true and the
see Fired > pg. 7
CONSTRUCTION
Qualiglass Industries
Edmonton
(10 glaziers) and Construction Workers Union, CLAC Local 63
Renewal agreement: Effective
April 1, 2016, to Aug. 31, 2018.
Signed on July 12, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective first year: 3%
Effective second year: TBD
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 6% of pay.
Overtime: Time and one-half
for all hours worked after 44
