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July 31, 2017
HEALTH CARE
Ontario Hospital Association
Provincewide, Ontario
(7,490 hospital technicians, clinicians) and Ontario
Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2016, to March 31,
2019. Signed on July 13, 2016.
Shift premium: $1.90 per hour
(previously $1.80 per hour) for
each hour worked on evening
shift (Effective April 1, 2018:
$1.95 per hour). $2.30 per hour
Safeway worker's dismissal upheld,
despite working double-duty in Calgary
Company had legitimate
concerns about
competition: Arbitrator
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ALBERTA arbitrator has dismissed a union's
challenge to a Safeway employee's firing for con-
flict of interest, after the employee started a job
at another grocery store while still employed by
Safeway.
Nicola Polini, 56, was a general clerk at a Safe-
way grocery store in Calgary and he was hired in
October 1987. He worked in various positions
over the next 30 years, but most of the time he was
a general clerk, working full-time hours.
In June 2015, Polini requested a transfer to re-
stricted, part-time status when he came back
from a vacation on July 6. He also mentioned to his
Photo:
Ken
Wolter
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
Agreement ratified
Alternative Belting workers in
B.C. sign deal that boosts wages,
pensions and includes
$2,000 signing bonus
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see 'Accidental' > pg. 7
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Brand Energy Solutions (Canada) — Alberta pg. 3 Municipality of Hall Beach —
Nunavut pg. 4 McGill University — Quebec pg. 5 Edmonton Opera Association —
Alberta pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Bonus payments not made, despite inclusion in collective agreement pg. 6
Alberta lodge employees
grieve after days-off change
WHEN MICHAEL Shepherd
and Gareth Dobson returned
from apprentice training school
in early 2016 to resume their regu-
lar maintenance jobs at the Jasper
Park Lodge in Jasper, Alta., both
were unhappy after being advised
they had to work on Saturday and
Sunday.
The employer argued that
due to operational needs, a more
experienced journeyman was
needed during the weekdays —
when the lodge was less busy — so
see Arbitration > pg. 6 see Collective agreements > pg. 3
