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February 5, 2018
P.E.I. electrician terminated
after attending friend's wedding
DESPITE BEING told repeated-
ly he could not take leave to attend
a wedding, an electrician in Prince
Edward Island was fired after he
took a week off.
Trevor Baker began working for
Northumberland Ferries on June
30, 2014, and became a full-time
employee in 2016. He was working
as the senior electrician on the MV
Holiday Island when he was termi-
nated on April 12, 2017.
Baker requested time off to at-
tend a friend's wedding in Mexico
POLICING
Anishinabek Police Service
Garden River Indian Reserve No. 14, Ont.
(40 police officers) and the Public Service
Alliance Canada (PSAC), Local 0426
Renewal agreement: Effective
Dec. 6, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2018.
Signed on Dec. 6, 2017.
Shift premium: $1 for each hour
worked on shifts that start or end
between 8 pm. and 5 a.m., as long
as employee is performing front-
line policing duties.
B.C. municipal worker's title change
triggers premium-pay arbitration ruling
WHEN AN EMPLOYER changed a worker's
job title, the employee should have been paid for
after-hours work but he wasn't.
The worker, Raph Shay, was hired as a sustain-
ability and education coordinator in June 2015, to
cover for the incumbent worker in that position,
Julie Clark, who was on leave.
In a letter of understanding (LOU) that accom-
panied the collective agreement between the Sun-
shine Coast Regional District (SCRD) in Sechelt,
B.C., and the union, Unifor, Local 466, it detailed
working conditions for the coordinator's position.
The LOU said the job "requires a work schedule
that includes day, evening and weekend shifts as a
normal course."
When Clark returned to her position in July
2016, the employer sent an email that confirmed
Shay had been hired in a temporary position to
run until September 2017.
On March 2, 2017, Unifor received notices
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 2
pg. 2
Strike mandate reached
After a series of votes, York
University faculty members
agree to walk off jobs if
conciliated talks fail
Weyerhaeuser — Alberta pg. 2 McGill University — Quebec pg. 4 Ply
Gem Canada — Alberta pg. 5 Baymag — Alberta pg. 5 University of
Guelph — Ontario pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Worker > pg. 7
