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October 9, 2017
CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa
(140 museum, office employees) and the Public Service
Alliance of Canada (PSAC), Local 70395
Renewal agreement: Effective
June 16, 2014, to June 15, 2018.
Signed on May 16, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective June 16, 2014: 1%
Effective June 16, 2015: 1%
Effective June 16, 2016: 1%
Effective June 16, 2017: 1%
Christmas decoration removal causes
Edmonton clerk to berate coworker
Verbal abuse valid reason
to impose discipline,
despite record: Arbitrator
WHEN AN Edmonton hospital worker realized
Christmas decorations were being moved to an-
other floor, she made a nasty comment to the co-
worker charged with organizing the effort.
Louise Cummings worked at the University of
Alberta Hospital in Edmonton as a unit clerk in
the medical outpatient unit. On Dec. 7, 2015, she
noticed Christmas decorations were scheduled to
be moved to another floor. The unit was about to
undergo an expansion and Tania Weiss, accom-
modation planner at Alberta Health Service, was
overseeing the project.
Cummings approached Weiss and some mov-
ers and accused them of ruining Christmas by re-
moving the decorations from the unit.
Photo:
Shidlovski
(Shutterstock)
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 8
School administrator objects
after union leave denied
DESPITE BEING granted leave
in the past from her regular job at
a Saskatoon school, a school ad-
ministrator was suddenly turned
down for a leave to work for the
union.
Raylene Stromberg worked 18
years at Greater Saskatoon Catho-
lic Schools (GSCS) when Mary
Ellen Gennutt, administrative as-
sistant with the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE), Lo-
cal 2268, wrote a letter requesting
Stromberg "take a leave of absence
see Leaves > pg. 8 see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Lab workers strike
Employees at Medical Laboratories
of Windsor, Ont., walk out after
talks break down over
contracting out
Aramark Canada (UBC Okanagan Campus) — British Columbia pg. 3
Radisson President Hotel & Suites — British Columbia pg. 4 Aurora
Resthaven — Ontario pg. 4 Attridge Coach Lines — Ontario pg. 5 The
City of Lethbridge — Alberta pg. 5 Kiewit Construction Canada — Alberta
pg. 6 City of Calgary — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
