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November 20, 2017
B.C. truck driver grieves dismissal
after speeding on next run after crash
Employee well-known
as aggressive driver
AFTER AN accident while driving a route, a Brit-
ish Columbia transport-truck driver was fired af-
ter he sped on the next trip.
Sergio Beraldin had worked for Canadian
Freightways since 2005 when on March 15, 2017,
he and sleeper-team partner Mike Pitt were trav-
elling a route on Stewart-Cassiar Highway 37 in
B.C. when the truck "dropped into a small dip/
hole and the truck and both trailers rolled over on
the passenger side," according to Beraldin's report
after the incident.
Pitt fell out of the sleeper cabin and injured
himself. He was taken to hospital to receive treat-
ment.
In his report, Beraldin included extensive notes
and photographs made with a disposable camera
TRANSPORTATION
GATX Rail Canada
Red Deer, Alta.
(50 clerks, service personnel) and UNIFOR, Local 21-A
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 9, 2017, to Jan. 8, 2017. Rat-
ified on April 7, 2017. Signed on
Sept. 28, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 9, 2017: 3%
Effective Jan. 9, 2018: 3%
Effective Jan. 9, 2019: 3%
Shift premium: $1 per hour for
work on afternoon shift. $1.10
Photo:
MarekXcz
(Shutterstock)
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Contract ratified
About 260 Brink's Canada workers
in B.C. agree to four-year collective
agreement that protects
defined benefits pension
Aramark Canada (University of Calgary) — Alberta pg. 3 Yukon Women's
Transition Home Society — Northwest Territories pg. 4 Signature Flight
Support Canada — Ontario pg. 5 Arlanxeo Canada — Ontario pg. 5
Finning International — Multiprovince pg. 6 Township of Edwardsburgh
Cardinal (Port of Johnstown) — Ontario pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Toronto planner grieves when
'paper screen' derails application
WHEN AN assistant planner ap-
plied for the position of senior
planner, she didn't receive an in-
terview and the job was awarded
to another employee.
Sabrina Salatino worked at
Toronto's planning department
in the committee of adjustment
when in 2012, it was reorganized
to cut the number of positions
from application technicians, as-
sistant planners (wage grade 11),
planners and senior planners
(wage grade 18) to only the two
see Employee > pg. 8
