HomeMy WebLinkAboutUnion 92-03-11 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
BETWEEN:
ONTARIO COUNCIL OF REGENTS FOR THE COLLEGES
OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
(NORTHERN COLLEGE)
- and-
ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION
(FOR ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES)
- Grievance No. 90A423
BOARD
MARTIN TEPI,ITSKY, Q.C.
Chairman
JON McMANUS
Union Nominee
DAVID CAMELETTI
College Nominee
APPEARANCES
On behalf of the
College: Guy W. Giorno, Counsel
Peter McLean
On behalf of the
Union: Nelson Roland, Counsel
Hearing held at Timmins on March 6, 1992.
~W~RD
The grievance raised 3 issues. As to 2 of these, the
employer has agreed (without prejudice, I take it, to its rights
under the Collective Agreement) to accede to the grievor's request.
The last point relates to the scheduling of grievance
meetings. Article 11.03, Step. 1, requires the immediate
supervisor to arrange a meeting within 7 days. Article 11.03, Step
2 requires the President or his designee to convene a meeting
within 20 days.
It is conceded that the obligation to make the grievance
procedure work is a bilateral one. The agreement is silent both as
to the place of meetings and their exact time. Carriage is with
the person designated in Step'l and Step 2. However, every effort
must be made to arrange a mutually convenient time and place that
either eliminates any cost or expense or keeps cost and expense to
a minimum. I include as a "cost or expense" any disruption of the
teaching programme. Where, as in this case, the' parties may be
located some distance apart, the obligation to co-operate is not
lessened. It may only require more effort to fulfil.
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DATED the llth day of March, 1992.
MARTI.. TEPLITSKY, . C.
Chairman ....... '~' ~'
DAVID CAMFr,RTTI
College' Nominee
JON McMANUS
Union Nominee