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February 12, 2018
Employer didn't go far enough to
accommodate Calgary pharmacist
WHEN AN employer changed its
schedule to become a 24-7 opera-
tion, it neglected to fully accom-
modate an employee who couldn't
work nights, ruled an arbitrator.
Lijun Wang, pharmacy techni-
cian at the Foothills Medical Cen-
tre (FMC) in Calgary, had worked
with the employer, Alberta Health
Services, since 2002. But on April
1, 2015, management switched
workers' schedules to account for
round-the-clock coverage at the
hospital's busy pharmacy.
TRANSPORTATION
Canpar Transport
Multiprovince
(1,360 owner-operators, warehouse workers) and the
United Steelworkers (USW), TC Local 1976
Renewal agreement: Effective
Nov. 1, 2017, to Oct. 31, 2020.
Signed on Aug. 3, 2017.
Shift premium: $1 per hour to
any employee awarded float-
driver position. $0.50 per hour
for employees whose regularly
assigned shifts begin between 2
'Chest bump' leads to worker's firing
from Nova Scotia poultry processor
Incident latest in series of
escalating bad behaviour
AFTER BEING talked to by his supervisor for
slacking off while on the job, a sanitation worker
at a Berwick, N.S., poultry plant aggressively con-
fronted him.
Greg Bezanson had worked for Eden Valley
Poultry since 2012, when on Feb. 1, 2016, he was
supposed to meet with Keith Keeping, sanitation
supervisor, to discuss recent attendance prob-
lems.
However, Bezanson refused to attend the meet-
ing because he felt that Pat Macdonald, shop
steward and lead hand responsible for directing
Bezanson, "was picking on him," according to
Keeping.
As a result of the insubordination, Bezanson
was told to leave the site immediately and serve a
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 8
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Talks break down
Mediation not enough to help
Ontario nurses' union, hospital
association agree on
terms of new agreement
The Town of Three Hills — Alberta pg. 3 Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Guild of
Ontario — Ontario pg. 4 Ceva Logistics Canada — Ontario pg. 5 Grant
MacEwan University — Alberta pg. 6 National Gallery of Canada —
Ontario pg. 6 Maison Senior Living — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Single > pg. 8
