A long-serving Cargill worker who left his poultry-processing station nearly an hour before his scheduled break has lost his bid to overturn his dismissal, after an arbitrator found that a… …
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Alberta labour board sends Safeway walking steward dispute with UFCW to arbitration
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has deferred an unfair labour practice complaint against Sobeys Capital Incorporated to arbitration, ruling that the dispute over the grocer’s cancellation of a unio… Free …
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PREMIUM Alberta labour board rules Sobeys button ban didn’t breach union rights
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a union complaint alleging that Sobeys violated labour legislation by banning employees from wearing campaign buttons in the workplace, finding the grocer’s actions… …
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PREMIUM Cargill worker reinstated after arbitrator rules 24-year employee’s termination was excessive
A Guelph, Ont., beef processing worker fired for urging co-workers to walk off their jobs days after a six-week strike will be reinstated, after an arbitrator found the termination was… …
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Alberta board grants two unions access to remote oil sands work camp for organizing
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has ordered Civeo and Lighthouse Camp Services to allow organizers from UFCW Local 401 and UNITE HERE Local 47 into Wapasu Creek Lodge, a remote …
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AFL violated collective agreement with work assignment to seconded staffer: Arbitrator
The Alberta Federation of Labour breached its collective agreement with Unifor Local 445 by allowing a seconded employee to perform bargaining unit work beyond workplace organizing, an arbitrator has … …
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Duty of fair representation case against UFCW dismissed over four-year delay
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint against UFCW Canada Local 1006A after the applicant waited approximately four years to file his case following …
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United Food & Commercial Workers Local 175 is calling on the Ontario government to strengthen its new pay transparency legislation to address systemic pay inequities affecting women. Ontario’s pay… Free …
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Alberta board dismisses Safeway cashier’s union complaint against UFCW
An Alberta labour board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint filed by a former Safeway cashier, finding the union conducted a thorough investigation and made a reasoned decision …
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PREMIUM UFCW staffer awarded $43K after arbitrator rules reinstatement not viable following accommodation failure
An arbitrator has awarded a terminated union employee nearly $43,000 in damages after finding his former employer failed to accommodate him to the point of undue hardship, but ruled reinstatement… …


