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September 25, 2017
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
e Town of Peace River
Peace River, Alta.
(47 inside, outside workers) and the Canadian Union
Of Public Employees(CUPE), Local 898
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2019.
Ratified on April 18, 2017.
Signed on Aug. 10, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective 2017: 1.25%
Effective 2018: 2%
Effective 2019: 2%
Calgary flour packer terminated
after multiple no-shows at work
Worker misunderstood
employer's request
to attend job site
AFTER HIS brother was fired from his job at the
same milling plant he worked at, a Calgary worker
took four weeks off due to mental stress.
Martinez, who worked at ADM Milling since
2013, was a flour-packing operator when on Feb.
25, 2016, he was advised by Christopher Mallard,
packing superintendent, that his brother had just
been dismissed and he wanted to let him know
right away.
Later that day, at 5:30 p.m., Martinez told Mal-
lard he wasn't feeling well and he wanted to go
home early. Mallard accepted and Martinez left
the plant.
The next day, he phoned Mallard before his
shift and said he was still unwell and he needed
Photo:
Stoyan
Yotov
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 8
Ontario pilot files grievance
after large deduction on pay
WHEN A PILOT left an airline
without fulfilling terms of a train-
ing bond, the company made a
large deduction from the em-
ployee's final paycheque to pay for
training he received while he was
employed.
Jonathan Sipko — who worked
as a pilot at Air Georgian in Mis-
sissauga, Ont., since 2015 — be-
gan training on Aug. 3, 2016. He
signed an initial training bond
with a $12,000 value that was sup-
posed to be paid back to the com-
see Airline> pg. 8 see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Pacific Blue Cross deal
Six-year agreement signed that
includes wage increases, protected
retiree benefits, new
health and wefare trust
LS Travel Retail North America — Ontario pg. 3 Government of Canada
— Multiprovince pg. 3 Buy-Low Foods (Associated Grocers) — Alberta
pg. 4 City of St. Albert — Alberta pg. 5 Highway Customs Warehouse —
Manitoba pg. 6 Hamlet of Kugluktuk — Nunavut pg. 6 Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation — Multiprovince pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
