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October 2, 2017
OIL AND GAS PIPING
Evraz Camrose Works
Camrose, Alta.
(102 technicians) and Unifor Local 551
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive Feb. 1, 2016, to Jan. 31,
2020. Ratified on May 31, 2017.
Signed on May 26, 2017.
Shift premium: $0.15 per
hour to employees working
in department on shift when
more employees are scheduled
to work that shift than on day
shift in that department. $0.40
Smithers, B.C., auto mechanic fired
after abusive exchanges with co-workers
Worker urged not to
'model old-school,
behaviour': Arbitrator
A LONG-TERM auto mechanic was terminat-
ed after a series of incidents with other workers
where he physically restrained another worker
and insulted him.
Rod Mager worked at Coast Mountain Chevro-
let Buick GMC in Smithers, B.C., since 1989. He
had a reputation as being ill-tempered with other
workers and he used profanity on a regular basis.
Between 1989 and 2005, only one disciplinary
notice was placed into his file (from 1996). But in
2005, a written warning was given after he used
profanity in an exchange with an office employee.
Later, in 2009, a technician objected to a calendar
that Mager hung in the lunchroom. Dennis Groves,
general manager and dealership owner, ordered
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 7
Nova Scotia nurse grieves after
employer refuses application
A PART-TIME nurse working
at a Nova Scotia hospital tried to
apply for a second part-time posi-
tion but management refused to
consider her application.
Kelly MacPhee became a per-
manent part-time licenced practi-
cal nurse (LPN) in 2008 at the All
Saints Springhill Hospital in Sprin-
ghill, N.S., after one of the full-time
LPNs, Cindy Misken, became dis-
abled and had to switch to an ac-
commodated part-time position.
Before the disability, there were
see Employer > pg. 7 see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
'No board' report
OPSEU workers could be in legal
strike position mid-October
after request made to
conciliator
Banwell Gardens — Ontario pg. 3 Sofina Foods (Lilydale Division) —
Alberta pg. 4 East Kootenay Community Credit Union — British
Columbia pg. 5 Concordia University of Edmonton — Alberta pg. 6
Young Women's Christian Association of Yellowknife — Northwest
Territories pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS