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April 23, 2018
Toronto airport worker fired for
'medically authorized' marijuana
A HEAVY equipment operator
was temporarily laid off due to l
After minor damage happened
to an aircraft that caused 45 min-
utes of delay at Toronto's Pearson
airport, a ramp agent was tested
for drugs in his system.
Dinesh Sehgal was employed
by Airport Terminal Services
(ATS) for nine years when on July
7, 2016, Sehgal and another ramp
agent attempted to attach a tow
bar to an incoming flight when
it "rolled" away from him and
FOOD WHOLESALE
e Grocery People
Edmonton
(25 grocery workers) and Teamsters, Local 987
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2021.
Signed on Jan. 30, 2018.
Shift premium: $0.75 for each
hour worked between 10 p.m.
and 5 a.m. Employees who
commence shift between 10
p.m. and 2 a.m. will receive
$0.75 per hour premium for
entire shift. $1 for each hour
Winnipeg fire-paramedic chief's words
were 'injury to dignity': Arbitrator
Changes to program text
not completed by organizers
PUBLIC COMMENTS made at a conference
harmed the relationship between Winnipeg's fire
and paramedic employees, ruled an arbitrator.
Chief John Lane spoke at the International As-
sociation of Fire Fighters (IAFF) conference in
National Harbor, Md., on Aug. 28, 2015, about the
roles of both fire and paramedic personnel in re-
sponding to incident calls. Lane was an advocate
for the integrated model used in Winnipeg, in
which both sets of emergency workers responded
to emergency calls.
Before the conference, Lane consulted with or-
ganizers about the content of his speech.
An earlier draft of the speech introduction in-
cluded the sentence: "This fire-based model is
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ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg 8
2 0 1 7
READERS'
LABOUR RELATIONS
TRAINING PROVIDERS
CHOICE
irc.queensu.ca
Managing Unionized Environments, May 15-17, 2018: Halifax
Living the Collective Agreement
Labour Relations Foundations, May 28 - June 1, 2018: Vic toria
Laying the Groundwork for Excellence in Union-Management Relations
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Settlement reached
Two-year tentative agreement
between Hydro One, PWU, for
about 4,000 front-line
workers across Ontario
Boart Longyear Manufacturing Canada — Ontario pg. 3 Suncor Energy
Products Partnership Edmonton Refinery — Alberta pg. 4 Canada
Cartage (Prince George) — British Columbia pg. 5 Camrose County —
Alberta pg. 6 FirstCanada — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see ATS > pg. 8
