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Re National Harbours Board And Public Service Alliance Of Canada, Innis Christie, C Butler, J D. Merrigan

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Employee Grievance alleging unjust discharge.

AWARD:

Employee grievance alleging breach of a collective agree­ment between the parties dated August 15, 1973, in that the grievor was discharged without just cause because the "medical reasons" for his discharge are not supported by the evidence. At the hearing it was also argued on behalf of the grievor, that his grievance should be allowed because he did not receive fair notice of the grounds upon which his employ­ment was terminated. The grievor requests that he be rein­stated in his position as constable with the National Harbour Police, with full pay and benefits retroactive …

The Brandon Packer's Strike, Innis Christie

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The Brandon packers' strike of 1960 was, as Professor MacDowell suggests, "a minor affair, involving only one hundred and ten employees"¹ and lasting six months, but it is the basis for a most interesting case study. A wondrous selection of "classic" factors and some "specials" were involved. A modest, one-man company was sold to "financiers" and, a young ambitious manager was appointed, ready and willing to break the established pattern of collective bargaining on the ground that the company could not afford to pay the union demands. There was tension within the union local between the "old guard" and …