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Sending tentative agreements to ratification without a recommendation more common
Abbotsford, British Columbia (300 employees of a 24-branch regional public library) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1698
Ontario (6,300 inside and outside employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 503
Edmonton, Alberta (213 employees at a structural steel fabrication company) and the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local 805
Moncton, New Brunswick (20 support staff at a health centre for physically disabled persons) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2079-01
St-Hyacinthe, Quebec (90 employees making moulds and injection-moulded products) and the Canadian Auto Workers, Local 167
The grievor was working under a last chance agreement requiring him to report any absence. He arrived at the plant and was unable to gain entrance. He reported the absence two days later. He was fired. The arbitrator found it was not the validity of his excuse but the failure to inform the company promptly that was at issue.
The grievor and her manager bumped each other in a corridor. Weeks later, the grievor contacted the police to lay changes. She also grieved. The arbitrator found that her story was too unlikely to be believed.