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Dispute Resolution and Arbitration

Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Innis Christie Collection

2002

Halifax

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Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw, Innis Christie Sep 2002

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw, Innis Christie

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Union grievance filed March 7, 2002 on behalf of all affected employees alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties bearing the expiry date January 31, 2003, in that the Employer violated Articles 2, 11, 13, 15, 17 and all other related provisions of the Collective Agreement by placing full-time supervisor, David Waller, into a full-time letter carrier position/assignment at the Dartmouth Delivery Centre. The Union seeks an order that the Employer remove David Waller from the full-time letter carrier position/assignment and grant full redress to all affected employees under either Article 39.01 or Article 17.04.


Mwf, Local 1 V Halifax Shipyard, Innis Christie Apr 2002

Mwf, Local 1 V Halifax Shipyard, Innis Christie

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This is a policy grievance. The Union claims that the Employer has breached the Agreement by failing to pay bridge tolls and mileage to employees working on the rig Eirik Raud on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour. The Union's position is that the Employer is obligated to reimburse employees for bridge tolls and automobile usage when they are not working at the Halifax plant. The Employer claims that this obligation is limited to those employees on day to day assignment outside the vicinity of the Halifax plant. It further argues that, as most of the employees in question have …


Re Ben's Ltd And Bct, Local 445, Innis Christie Mar 2002

Re Ben's Ltd And Bct, Local 445, Innis Christie

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The Grievor, as the Union's Shop Steward, is acting for employees in the Employer's thrift stores. The grievance was initiated when the hours of a part-time employee were reduced. The Union asserted that the Employer was manipulating hours to avoid making employees full-time. The Employer maintained that there is nothing in the Collective Agreement which requires the creation of full time jobs where it could, or otherwise prevent the assignment of work to minimize the number of full-time positions.

The grievance fails. Part-time employees were excluded from the Collective Agreement.