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March 5, 2018
Northwest Territories jail guards
grieve double denial of leaves
AFTER TWO leaves were denied,
a union grieved the refusals and
also the employer's overall han-
dling of leaves.
Darren Bilinski, a correctional
officer who worked at the North
Slave Correctional Complex
(NSCC) in Yellowknife, requested
seven days of vacation leave in
April 2016. He wanted time off in
July to attend a family gathering in
British Columbia.
Bilinski testified he had trouble
bidding for the coveted summer
EDUCATION
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ont.
(600 faculty members, librarians) and the Brock
University Faculty Association (BUFA)
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020.
Signed on June 21, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2017: 1.3%
Effective July 1, 2018: 1.4%
Effective July 1, 2019: 1.5%
Shift premium: If professional
Summerside, P.E.I., worker not promoted
despite being most senior candidate
Arbitrator decries
'incongruity' in hiring
A LABOURER who worked for the city in Sum-
merside, P.E.I., was not offered a promotion to
equipment operator after he applied as the most
senior employee.
Owen Sonier had worked for the City of Sum-
merside since 2008 in various capacities. In 2012,
he was hired as a semi-skilled labourer with the
municipal works department.
On July 14, 2015, a position of equipment op-
erator was posted and under necessary qualifica-
tions, it said the winning candidate "must have
experience and show ability to properly operate
all types of heavy equipment owned by the City of
Summerside Municipal Works Section of the Mu-
nicipal Services Department."
Sonier and a more junior coworker in the same
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg. 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Strike deadline looms
Both sides trying conciliation but
Unifor sets deadline for potential
walkout of 54 Ontario
paramedics
Brock University — Ontario pg. 3 Triple Random — Alberta pg. 4 A.S.P.
— Ontario pg. 4 St. Albert Public School District 5565 — Alberta pg. 5
Construction Labour Relations Association of Newfoundland and
Labrador — Newfoundland and Labrador pg. 6 Oerlikon Metco — Alberta
pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Employer > pg. 7
