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April 3, 2017
TRANSPORTATION
Tank Truck Transport
Sudbury, Ont.
(30 transport, equipment operators) and United
Steel Workers (USW), Local 2020
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2016, to March 31,
2019. Signed on Jan. 10, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2016: 2%
Effective April 1, 2017: 2%
Effective April 1, 2018: 2%
Shift premium: $0.75 per hour
N.B. meat factory worker
fired after mistakes made
A WORKER with 14 years' ser-
vice at a Dieppe, N.B., deli meats
company broke critical rules
regarding food safety by going
the wrong way through a smoke-
house.
Robert Daniel was terminated
Sept. 29, 2016, after Bonté Foods
determined he violated the com-
pany's strict food safety policy.
Daniel was working as a raw
food specialist — meaning he
should not enter the ready-to-eat
(RTE) or cooked food areas —
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Golden Life Management Evanston Grand Village — Alberta pg. 3 Cormode
and Dickson Industrial — Alberta pg. 4 City of Regina — Saskatchewan pg.
4 Plasterers Employer Bargaining Agency — Ontario pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
vitstudio
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
CHCH TV deal
Fifteen months after layoffs,
Unifor negotiates $1-million
severance package
for Hamilton workers
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Toronto garbage worker fired after cashing fraudulent insurance cheque pg. 8
see Arbitration > pg 6
Oil worker's marijuana possession
didn't violate company drug policy
St. John's worker
forgot foil package
was inside pocket
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN OIL rig worker did not violate his em-
ployer's drug and alcohol policy on drug pos-
session because he forgot there was marijuana
in his jeans and didn't knowingly bring it to
work, the Newfoundland and Labrador Su-
preme Court has ruled.
Michael Noseworthy worked for Magna
Services, an oil well equipment and supplies
company based in St. John's.
Noseworth worked on an on-call basis
and his job involved travelling to offshore in-
stallations upon which Magna provided its
see Unifor > pg. 7
