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Union leader charges Opposition is playing politics in labour relations recommendations
Province-wide in Ontario and Quebec (740 craft and service employees of a telecommunications company) and 25 locals of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers
Territory-wide (4,000 civil servants) and the Union of Northern Workers, Public Service Alliance of Canada
Tofino, British Columbia (20 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 118
Berthierville, Quebec (124 employees making hand tools) and an affiliate of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux, formerly the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers, Local 1226
Mont-St-Hilaire, Quebec (30 employees making pharmaceuticals) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers, Local 179
Various locations, Ontario (41 employees of a trade union) and the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 343
Province-wide in Alberta (270 employees of long-term care facilities) and an affiliate of the Canadian National Federation of Independent Unions
London, Ontario (1,200 support employees of a hospital) and the Canadian Auto Workers, Local 27
Huntsville, Ontario (35 employees of a sawmill and flooring mill) and the United Steelworkers, Local 1000
Sault Ste. Marie and Timmins, Ontario (64 employees of a financial institution) and the United Steelworkers
The grievor was working under a "last chance agreement." He walked out of a meeting where a safety violation was being discussed. He was then terminated, using the meeting and the events leading up to it as a culminating incident.
The grievor was terminated for abuse of sick leave. Her pattern of absenteeism had been red-flagged and the employer placed her under surveillance. The arbitrator found she suffered from depression (as her doctor confirmed), that her activities were consistent with the disease and that the employer had no reason to invoke surveillance.