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June 19, 2017
Edmonton grocery worker
fired for theft of piece of pie
AFTER A SINGLE piece of pie
went missing from a communal
employee fridge at an Edmonton
Sobeys' warehouse, an order se-
lector was dismissed for the theft.
It was discovered a worker
identified as "A.B." appeared to
have removed the pie slice from
the fridge on Dec. 14, 2015. He
was terminated Dec. 21 under the
company's zero-tolerance policy.
Delaina Macneill worked as a
cashier in the cafeteria when she
bought a single piece of pie and
New Brunswick correctional officer's
drug bust just cause for dismissal
Arrest for drugs, weapons,
violated standard of
professional conduct
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ADJUDICATOR has upheld the dismissal
of a New Brunswick corrections officer who was
found with a marijuana-growing operation and
weapons in his home.
Harold Peterson was a correctional officer at
the Atlantic Institution (AIR), a maximum-secu-
rity institution in Renous, N.B., operated by Cor-
rections Canada (CSC). He first became a correc-
tional officer in 1999 at a provincial youth centre
in Miramichi, N.B., where he dealt with inmates
under 18.
Over 12 years there, he was never disciplined
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
University of New Brunswick — New Brunswick pg. 4 Heavy Construction
Association of Toronto — Ontario pg. 4 Calgary Board of Education —
Alberta pg. 5 Manitoba Lotteries Corporation — Manitoba pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Prazis
Images
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
Sleeman-Unibroue strike
Seniority rights, 200+ grievances
at heart of dispute during contract
talks as 80 workers in
Quebec walk off job
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Ontario nurses' requests to change leave designation denied pg. 6
see PTSD > pg. 7
see Arbitration > pg 8
UTILITIES
Aquatera Utilities
Grande Prairie, Alta.
(68 water, waste workers) and Canadian Union of
Public Employees (CUPE), Local 787
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2018.
Ratified on Dec. 7, 2016. Signed
on March 17, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective 2016: 0.95%
Effective 2017: 1.65%
Effective 2018: 2.25%
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
