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IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontano PublIc ServIce Employees Umon
(Umon Gnevance)
Gnevor
- and -
The Crown m RIght of Ontano
(Mimsm of the SolIcItor General and CorrectIOnal ServIces)
Employer
BEFORE RIchard Brown V Ice Chair
FOR THE DavId Wnght, Counsel
GRlEVOR Ryder Wnght, BlaIr & Doyle
BarrIsters and SolIcItors
FOR THE Len M~ Counsel
EMPLOYER Legal ServIces Branch
Management Board Secretanat
HEARING Januan 22,2001,Febru~ 5 2001
Tins IS the second decIsIOn on a umon pohcy grIevance arIsmg out of the
Impendmg opemng of the Central North CorrectIOnal Centre (CNCC) m
Penetangmshene The government has Issued a request for proposals (RFP)
to find a pnvate-sector entIty to operate thIS new facihty Except as noted
below, all employees at each of four mstItutIOns, now operated by the
Mimstry of SohcItor General and CorrectIOnal ServIces, have receIved
notIces mformmg them that theIr Jobs will be mcluded m the RFP The four
facihtIes are (1) Bame Jail, (2) Parry Sound Jail, (3) Burtch CorrectIOnal
Centre m Brantford, and (4) Guelph CorrectIOnal Centre
The umon contends the hst of employees attached to the RFP mcludes
some who should have been excluded. The hst IS also said to exclude other
employees who should have been mcluded. These Issues are addressed m
thIS decIsIOn. Another decIsIOn, dated Febnmry 8, 2001, deals wIth the
apphcatIOn of AppendIx 13 to employees whose work will be pnvatIzed at
the SaIne tIme as It IS moved to CNCC There remams to be consIdered the
apphcatIOn of AppendIx 13 to employees actmg as commumty escorts
whose work will be moved to CNCC approxImately one year before It IS
transferred to the pnvate sector
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The constnlctIOn and planned pnvatIzatIOn of CNCC IS part of an ongomg
transformatIOn of correctIOnal servIces for adult Inmates m southern Ontano
In the old system bemg phased out, SIX correctIOnal centres house sentenced
male Inmates, excludmg those m need of pSYChiatrIC or psychologIcal
assessment or treatment. Burtch and Guelph are two of these centres The
remaInmg four are Maplehurst CorrectIOnal Centre, MimIco CorrectIOnal
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Centre, Millbrook CorrectIOnal Centre, and Rideau CorrectIOnal Centre Each
of these facihtIes IS classIfied as mImmmn, medIum or maXimum securIty
Burtch IS the only mstItutIOn wIth mmnnmn secunty and Millbrook the only
one With maxnnum secunty There IS more than one medIum secunty facihty
The detennmatIOn of where a partIcular Imnate serves Ins sentence IS based
pnmarily upon the level of nsk he poses In cases where more than one
facihty offers an adequate level of secunty, geography plays a role m the
Mimstry's decIsIOn about where to send an Imnate
In the new system bemg put m place, sentenced males not reqmnng
assessment or treatment will be housed at three large mstItutIOns CNCC m
the western regIOn, Maplehurst CorrectIOnal Centre bemg reconstructed m the
central regIOn, and Central East CorrectIOnal Centre (CECC) bemg built m
the eastern regIOn. CNCC IS to be pnvatIzed but Maplehurst and CECC will
be operated by the MinIStry As each of the new facihtIes will offer all three
levels of secunty, the matchmg of Inmates WIth mstrtutIOns will not be
determmed by nsk. Instead, an Inmate typIcally will be assIgned to the centre
located m the regIOn where he was sentenced.
In the old system, male Inmates m southern Ontano needmg
assessment and treatment were assIgned to one of four locatIOns mcludmg
the Guelph Assessment and Treatment Umt (GA TU) The new system will
house all such mmates m a new facilIty at Brockville
VanIer Centre for Women IS the only eXIstmg correctIOnal centre wIth
female Inmates It IS classIfied as mImmum/medmm secunty Accordmg to
the Mimstry's manual for the classIficatIOn of adult offenders, sentenced
females requffing maxImum secunty have been held m Jails or detentIOn
centres CNCC and CECC each will house 34 females mcludmg both
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sentenced and remanded Imnates There will be a much larger populatIOn of
females at Maplehurst
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CNCC IS expected to open ItS doors m the summer of 2001 Accordmg to
Jolm O'Bnen, DIrector of TransItIOn Planmng for the Mimstry, there will be a
"raInp-up" penod of SIX to mne months Dunng tlns tune, tlle new facilIty will
receIve all remanded Imnates at Barry Jail and Parry Sound Jail These two
Jails will close when tlns transfer IS complete Thereafter, CNCC will servIce
the SaIne courts as prevIOusly were servIced by Bame and Parry Sound. Also
dlmng the "raInp -up" penod, the new facihty will receIve all sentenced
Inmates at Burtch, except those servmg mtermIttent sentences, and all
sentenced Inmates at Guelph, except for those m GATU Guelph and Burtch
will close when tills transfer IS complete All offenders sentenced m the
western regIOn, after the opemng of CNCC, will be sent there
When Guelph closes, GA TU Inmates will be transferred to a
temporary locatIOn at Wellmgton DetentIOn Centre, pendmg the completIOn
of the new facihty m Brockville No Guelph employees were assIgned
exclusIvely to GATU until recently In preparatIOn for the Issuance of the
RFP, the employer desIgnated 61 posItIOns as bemg attached to GATU and
excluded them from the RFP Employees were mVIted to apply for these
posItIOns and assIgnments were made on the basIs of semonty
Also excluded from the RFP are the posItIOns held by seven mdustnal
officers and one clerk attached to the Trilcor pro graIn at Guelph. Inmates
partIcIpatmg m the Trilcor prograIn produce Items for sale to outsIde
purchasers These Inmates wIll be transferred to CNCC when Guelph closes,
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but the Tnlcor pro grain will be moved to some not yet detennmed locatIOn
WItllln the Mimstry With the exceptIOn of tllese Trilcor and GA TU
employees, the RFP mcludes all members of the bargaInllig umt at tlle four
desIgnated mstItutIOns It does not mclude anyone workmg elsewhere
The total number of Imnates held at the four closmg facihtIes IS less
than the number CNCC will be able to hold. The number of remanded
Imnates held at Bame and Parry Sound combmed IS approxImately the Saine
as the number of beds m the remand pod bemg built at CNCC However,
CNCC will be able to hold far more sentenced llimates than the number
slated for transfer there from Guelph and Burtch. There will be 960 beds m
the five pods for sentenced Inmates at the new correctIOnal centre Excludmg
GATU Inmates and those at Burtch With mtermIttent sentences, the average
Inmate count at the two closmg facihtIes IS 549 for the current fiscal year The
maximum count IS 715
The number of employees at CNCC will be less than the number
employed at the mstItutIOns slated to close For eXaInple, these mstItutIOns
have a complement of 80 m the classIficatIOn of correctIOnal officer 1 and a
complement of 382 m the classIficatIOn of correctIOnal officer 2, for a total of
462, whereas the staffing model for CNCC predIcts a workforce With 207
correctIOnal officers
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The umon challenges the mclusIOn of some employees on the hst attached to
the RFP and the exclusIOn of others The umon claims each of the dIsputed
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mclusIOns and exclusIOns amounts to a vIOlatIOn of artIcle 6C 1 of AppendIx
18 to the collectIve agreement That artIcle states
In respect of the transfer ofbargammg umt functIOns or Jobs, the
employees that the employer detennmes will be mcluded m the
Request for Proposals (RFP) will be notIfied not less than ten (10)
workmg days pnor to the release of the RFP that theIr Jobs will be
mcluded m the RFP and provIded the opportumty to elect m wntmg,
WIthm five (5) workmg days of bemg notIfied, not to be mcluded m the
RFP In default of the electIOn, the employee IS deemed to be mcluded
m the RFP
In the course of argument, I was also referred to the followmg artIcle s m
AppendIx 18
8.2 When the Employer releases a tender under Schedule A or C, the
Employer agrees that OPSEU will be provIded wIth a copy of the RFP
that the Mimstry has released. If OPSEU beheves that the tender IS not
m comphance WIth eIther ArtIcle 5 or ArtIcle 6C 0 as appropnate,
OPSEU may refer the matter to arbItratIOn/mernatIOn and the matter
must be resolved 15 days prlOr to the closzng of the tender (emphasIs
added)
8 4 1 The PartIes agree that the detennmatIOn of the method and/or
manner and the quantIty and tunmg of the transfer of any servIce to a
servIce proVIder other than the Crown IS at the dIscretIOn of the
Employer and shall be deemed to be m accordance With ArtIcle 2 1 of
the CollectIve Agreement
ArtIcle 2 1 of the collectIve agreement IS the management nghts clause
Umon counsel conceded artIcle 8 4 1 gIves the employer a "free hand"
to detennme whIch servIces are to be transferred to the pnvate sector
Accordmg to tlus hne of argument, havmg decIded upon the scope of
servIces bemg transferred, the employer IS obhged by artIcle 6C 1 to
correctly IdentIfy the Jobs or functIOns attached to those servIces Counsel
asserted the employer has no nght to name an employee m an RFP when Ins
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or her work will remam m the pubhc servIce In support of tlns mterpretatIOn
of artIcle 6C 1, I was remmded the phrase "employees that the employer
detennmes will be mcluded" IS modIfied by the precedmg words "m respect
of the transfer of bargammg umt functIOns or Jobs" Counsel also noted
artIcle 6C 1, unlike artIcle 8 4 1, does not deem the employer's decIsIOn to be
m accordance wIth the collectIve agreement In short, umon counsel
contended I should apply a standard of "correctness" m revIewmg the hst of
employees mcluded m the RFP, With one exceptIOn.
The exceptIOn IS where the number of employees m a classIficatIOn
exceeds the number reqmred to perform the work bemg transferred. In thIS
context, counsel for the umon conceded artIcle 6C 1 grants the employer the
dIscretIOn to decIde who will be hsted on the RFP For eXaInple, havmg
decIded not to pnvatIze GATU, the employer had to determme who would
remain wIth GATU and who would be hsted on the RFP, gIven that no-one
had been assIgned exclusIvely to GATU m the past. A number of posItIOns
were desIgnated as attached to GATU and assIgned to quahfied apphcants m
order of semonty Counsel for the umon suggested thIS was the only proper
way for the employer to exerCIse ItS dIscretIOn.
Employer counsel contended artIcle 6C 1, read m conJunctIOn wIth
artIcle 8 4 1, confers upon management complete dIscretIOn to determme
who will be mcluded on the RFP To estabhsh a vIOlatIOn of the collectIve
agreement, said counsel, the umon must prove that the employer has acted m
a manner that IS arbItrary, rnscnmmatory or m bad faith, or that It'S decIsIOn
IS not based upon legItImate governmental purposes I was urged to conclude
the time hmIt ill artIcle 8.2 mrncates the facilItatIOn of an eXperntIOuS transfer
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IS a legItImate obJectIve Counsel also asserted the collectIve agreement does
not mandate the use of semonty m detennmmg who to naIne m an RFP
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Each of the contested mclusIOns and exclusIOns IS set out below In
addressmg these matters, I have not found It necessary to choose between
the standard of arbItral reVIew advanced by the umon and the one proposed
by the employer
ExclusIOn of PosItIOns at Maplehurst. MimIco. Millbrook and Rideau
Attributable to Imnates Sentenced m the Western RegIOn
The umon contended some of the employees at Maplehurst, MimIco,
Millbrook and Rideau should have been mcluded on the RFP because some
Imnates at these facihtIes have been drawn from the western regIOn. For
eXaInple, Mr O'Bnen estImated one-tlnrd of Millbrook's Imnates have come
from the western regIOn. The unIOn argued one-tlnrd of the work perfonned
at Millbrook has been to servIce Imnates from western Ontano and tlns part
will be transferred to CNCC Accordmg to tlns hne of argument, one-tlurd of
Millbrook employees should have been mcluded on the RFP No eVIdence
has yet been led as to how many offenders, sentenced m the western regIOn,
have been sent to Maplehurst, MimIco or Rideau. To the extent these
mstItutIOns have drawn Inmates from the western regIOn, the umon rehed
upon an argument analogous to the one made about Millbrook.
The tacIt premIse underlymg tills argument IS that the determmatIOn of
whether work will be transferred between two facihtIes should be made by
comparmg the types of Inmates held at one m the past wIth the types to be
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held at the other m the future As Imnates of a type who have been sent to
Millbrook, those sentenced m the western regIOn and held m a maXlmum-
secunty settmg, will go to CNCC, the umon argued part of Millbrook' s work
will be transferred to CNCC When umon counsel spoke of work bemg
transferred, I understood hun to mean a transfer of "bargammg unIt functIOns
or Jobs" under artIcle 6C 1
An alternatIve approach to decIdmg whether "bargaImng unIt functIOns
or Jobs" will be transferred from one facIhty to another IS to ask whether any
Imnates actually will move between the two Most of the sentenced Imnates
held at the four desIgnated facihtIes will be transferred to CNCC when It
opens None of the Inmates held at Millbrook will go to CNCC All of them
will be transferred to CECC whIch IS scheduled to open at a later date
Applymg the alternatIve approach to these facts, one would conclude
"bargaImng lIDIt functIOns or Jobs" will not be transferred from Millbrook to
CNCC Management's decIsIOn to exclude Millbrook employees from the
RFP IS consIstent WIth thIS way of IdentIfymg a transfer between two
facilItIes
Counsel for the employer noted the approach advocated by the umon
would result m employees leavmg Millbrook and bemg replaced there by
others Accordmg to the umon's proposal, one-thIrd of Millbrook employees
would be hsted on the RFP, and they would cease workmg at Millbrook
when CNCC opens As none of the Inmates held there will be transferred to
CNCC, Millbrook employees hsted on the RFP would have to be replaced.
Umon counsel conceded thIS would occur
When the partIes to the collectIve agreement negotIated artIcle 6C 1,
dId they mtend that posItIOns vacated by employees hsted on an RFP would
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be filled by others? The answer IS almost certamly not The reason for hstmg
employees on an RFP IS that they have been rendered redundant by the
transfer of servIces to the pnvate sector By defimtIOn, redundant emp loyees
need not be replaced. Tins analysIs leads me to conclude artIcle 6C 1 does
not reqmre the employer to use the approach advocated by the umon. Even If
the standard of arbItral reVIew IS one of "correctness", I would conclude the
employer lid not VIolate artIcle 6C 1 by excludmg Millbrook employees from
the RFP
The exclusIOn of Millbrook employees IS mdIstmgmshable from the
exclusIOn of those at Maplehurst and Rideau, because the eVIdence mdIcates
none of the Inmates held at eIther of these facihtIes will be sent to CNCC
Inmates at Maplehurst will remain there after that facilIty IS reconstructed.
Those at Rideau will be transferred to CECC when It opens
Insofar as Millbrook, Maplehurst and Rideau are concerned, thIS part
of the gnevance IS dIsmIssed.
As emphasIzed by umon COlIDSel, the total number of sentenced males
at Burtch and Guelph falls far short of the number CNCC will be able to
hold. Do these number suggest that Inmates hvmg at other mstItutIOns will be
sent to CNCC? In thIS regard, I note Mr O'Bnen testIfied that MimIco will
close, but there IS no eVIdence as to where the Inmates hVIng there will go If
they are slated for transfer to CNCC and the umon Wishes to pursue thIS
matter, I remain seIzed to determme whether the employer acted properly m
excludmg MimIco employees from the RFP
InclusIOn of PosItIOns at Guelph and Burtch Attributable to Inmates
Sentenced outsIde the Western RegIOn
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The umon contended some employees at Burtch and Guelph should not have
been mcluded on the RFP, because some of the mmates at these two
facihtIes have been drawn from the central and eastern regIOns Mr O'Bnen
estImated 20% of Burtch Imnates servmg straight sentences have come from
outsIde the western regIOn as have 50% of the Imnates at Guelph. The umon
argued the same percentage of the work perfonned at Burtch and Guelph
respectIvely has been to servIce Imnates from outsIde western OntarIO and
tlns part will not be transferred to CNCC Accordmg to tlns hne of argument,
the correspondmg percentage of employees at the two closmg facihtIes
should not have been mcluded m the RFP
ThIS argument IS analogous to the one advanced about the exclusIOn of
employees at Millbrook. Both rest upon the tacIt premIse that the
determmatIOn of whether "bargammg lmIt Jobs or fi.mctIOns" will be
transferred between two facihtIes should be made by companng the types of
Inmates at the two locatIOns As Inmates of a type who have been sent to
Guelph and Burtch m the past, those sentencro outsIde the western regIOn
whose secunty needs could be met by one of these mstItutIOns, will not be
sent to CNCC m the fi.lture, the umon claimed the work associated wIth thIS
type of Inmate will not be transferred to the new facihty The other way to
determme whether "bargaImng lmIt fi.mctIOns or Jobs" will be transferred from
one facIhty to another IS to focus on the movement of Inmates between the
two With the exceptIOn of GA TU Inmates at Guelph and those servmg
mtermIttent sentences at Burtch, all mmates at these two mstItutIOns will be
transferred to CNCC when It opens
Accordmg to the umon's proposal, the percentage of Inmates at
Guelph and Burtch who Will transfer to CNCC would far exceed the
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percentage of employees mcluded m the RFP at these two mstItutIOns
ConsIder, for eXaInple, the sItuatIOn of correctIOnal officers at Guelph
excludmg GATU The umon proposed that only 50% of correctIOnal officers
be mcluded m the RFP, even though all Imnates will be sent to CNCC The
employees excluded from the RFP would no longer be needed at the Guelph
facIhty They would have been rendered surplus at that locatIOn by the
transfer of mmates to CNCC In other words, the 50% of employees
excluded from the RFP would become redundant as a result of the transfer
of Imnates to CNCC, even though the exclusIOn of these employees would
rest upon the premIse that the correspondmg 50% of "bargammg umt
functIOns or Jobs" was not bemg transferred to the new mstItutIOn.
ThIS analysIs demonstrates the flaw ill the umon's mterpretatIOn of
"bargaImng umt flIDctIOns or Jobs" When the partIes to the collectIve
agreement negotIated artIcle 6C 1, I doubt very much they mtended to
exclude from an RFP employees who are rendered surplus by a transfer of
servIces to the pnvate sector Even If the standard of arbItral reVIew IS one of
"correctness", I would conclude the employer dId not vIOlate artIcle 6C 1 by
not excludmg 50% of Guelph employees from the RFP The sItuatIOn at
Burtch IS analogous to that at Guelph.
ThIS part of the grIevance IS dIsmIssed.
InclusIOn of PosItIOns Attributable to Inmates Servmg IntermIttent Sentences
at Burtch
The umon contended 30% of Burtch employees m certain classIficatIOns,
those mvolved wIth Imnates servmg "mtennIttent" sentences, should not have
been mcluded m the RFP, because Imnates of tlns sort will not be transferred
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to CNCC The percentage of Imnate-days at Burtch attributable to
mtennIttent sentences was 21 % m fiscal year 1999-2000 and rose to 30% 111
the first mne months of the current fiscal year
As noted by counsel for the umon, the eVIdence does not reveal any
reason for the employer's decIsIOn to treat employees workmg wIth Burtch
Imnates servmg mtennIttent sentences dIfferently than employees workmg
wIth GATU Imnates NeIther category of Imnate will be transferred to CNCC
At Guelph, the employer desIgnated a number of GATU posItIOns, mVIted
quahfied employees to apply for them, made assIgnments on the basIs of
semonty, and excluded the successful apphcants from the RFP In my VIew,
the employer's decIsIOn not to treat Burtch employees m an analogous
fashIOn, a decIsIOn for whIch the eVIdence dIscloses no legItImate reason,
was arbItrary
ThIS part of the gnevance IS allowed. The employer IS dIrected to
aInend the hst of employees attached to the RFP by applymg a procedure
analogous to the one used for GA TU
InclusIOn of Some Food-ServIce PosItIOns at Burtch. Guelph. Bame and
Pany Sound
The umon contended 55% of the food-servIce employees at each of the four
desIgnated facIlItIes should have been excluded from the RFP because only
45% of the food consumed at the new correctIOnal centre will be prepared
there The RFP for CNCC reqUIres the successful bIdder to acqUIre 55% of
"daily food reqUIrements" from the cook-chill centre bemg built at
Maplehurst (page 16) Mr O'Bnen testIfied the employer hsted all food-
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servIce employees on the RFP because tlus was the "most straight forward"
approach. No further elaboratIOn of the basIs for management's decIsIOn was
provIded. The umon claimed 55% of food-servIce employees belong on the
RFP for the cook-clull centre and not on the RFP for CNCC
The sItuatIOn of food-servIce workers IS analogous to the sItuatIOn of
Guelph employees wIth respect to GATU Just as the work associated With
some Guelph Imnates, those at GATU, Will not be transferred to CNCC, the
work entailed m the preparatIOn of 55% of food Items will not move there In
the case of GATU, the fact some work would not move to CNCC resulted m
some employees bemg excluded from the RFP Yet no food-servIce workers
were excluded from the RFP because some food preparatIOn will move to
the cook-chIll operatIOn and not to CNCC As the eVIdence does not
dIsclose a legitImate reason for such dIfferentIal treatment, I conclude It was
arbItrary ThIS part of the gnevance IS allowed. The employer IS dIrected
to aInend the hst of employees attached to the RFP by applymg a procedure
analogous to the one management used for GA TU
InclusIOn of PosItIOns Attributable to Inmates PartIcIpatmg m Trilcor at
Guelph
The umon contended a percentage of employees at Guelph should not have
been mcluded m the RFP because the Trilcor prograInIS not bemg
transferred to CNCC The Tnlcor prograIn now located at Guelph Will
contmue to be operated by the Mimstry at some other locatIOn. The eVIdence
does not reveal how many Inmates at Guelph partIcIpate m Trilcor Whatever
the percentage, the umon argued the SaIne percentage of employees should
have been excluded from the RFP
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Unlike both GA TU pnsoners and offenders servmg mtennIttent
sentences at Burtch, Trilcor Imnates at Guelph will be transferred to CNCC
ThIS dIstmctIOn leads me to conclude the employer was not obhged to
desIgnate Trilcor posItIOns and fill them wIth employees who have not
worked exclusIvely m the Trilcor prograIn, such as correctIOnal officers
Even If the standard of arbItral reVIew IS "correctness", the employer would
not have vIOlated artIcle 6C 1 m detennmmg the work such employees
perfonn m relatIOn to Trilcor Imnates hvmg at Guelph will move to CNCC
when they are transferred there
Employees who have worked exclusIvely m the Trilcor prograIn, the
mdustrIaI officers and clerk, were excluded from the RFP, because the
employer wIshed to retam theIr specIalIzed skills and expenence for use at a
new locatIOn. ThIS was a legItImate reason for treatmg them rnfferently than
most of the staff at Guelph who were mcluded on the RFP, as counsel for
the employer argued.
ThIS part of the grIevance IS dIsmIssed.
ExclusIOn of PosItIOns Attributable to Female Inmates Transfemng to CNCC
The umon contended the RFP should have mcluded some employees at
facihtIes from whIch women will be transferred to CNN, wIth the specIfic
number to be calculated accordmg to the "appropnate ratIO" The female umt
at CNCC will hold 34 mmates and the RFP says It will be filled dlmng the
first phase of the "raInp-up" penod. Parry Sound has held remanded women
appearmg before the local courts Sentenced females have not been held at
Burtch or Guelph. Those reqUInng mmImum or mernum secunty have been
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held at Vamer and those reqmnng maxunmn secunty have been held at
vanous Jails and detentIOn centres The eVIdence does not reveal how many
women will transfer to CNCC from what facihtIes
In some ways, the sItuatIOn of employees at facihtIes from whIch
sentenced females are slated for transfer to CNCC IS analogous to the
sItuatIOn at Guelph With GATU In recogmtIOn ofthe fact that some Guelph
Imnates would be gomg to CNCC and some would not, management dIvIded
the workforce mto two groups One group was treated as attached to GA TU
Imnates and excluded from the RFP The other group was treated as attached
to the Inmates bemg transferred to CNCC and mcluded m the RFP The
umon advocates sImilar treatment for employees workIng at the facihtIes
where women slated for transfer to CNCC now resIde
There may be one dIfference between these mstItutIOns and Guelph.
Guelph Will close when CNCC opens VanIer Centre for Women IS also
scheduled to close but the eVIdence does not mdIcate when. There IS no
eVIdence about the fate of any Jails and detentIOn centres from whIch women
will be transferred to CNCC If any of these facihtIes contmues to operate
after the transfer of Inmates to CNCC IS complete, and If the Inmates sent to
the new facihty are replaced by others, employees mcluded on the RFP
would have to be replaced also
ThIS Issue should not be decIded m the abstract wIthout more
mformatIOn about the mstItutIOns mvolved. I remam seIzed to address the
matter If the lIDIOn elects to pursue It.
InclusIOn of Launchy Officers at Burtch and Guelph
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The umon contended the RFP should not have mcluded laundry officers at
Burtch and Guelph. The RFP for CNCC reqUIres the successful bIdder to
provIde laundry servIces, but allows It to decIde whether to operate Its own
laundry or to contract out tlns work. In other words, there IS uncertamty as to
whether employees of the receIvmg employer will perfonn the type of work
now bemg done by laundry officers
ArtIcle 6C 1 speaks of "the transfer of bargammg umt functIOns or
Jobs" From the umon's perspectIve, the 'jobs" of laundry officers are not
bemg transferred because the successful bIdder may contract out tlns work.
The umon sees no dIstmctIOn between 'jobs" and "functIOns" but the
employer does From the employer's perspectIve, the "functIOn" of
provIdmg laundry servIces to Inmates will be transferred from the pubhc
servIce to the successful bIdder, who then will assIgn the work eIther to ItS
own employees or to an outsIde contractor
The language of artIcle 6C 1 favours the employer's mterpretatIOn to
some degree By refemng to both "functIOns" and 'jobs", thIS artIcle
suggests these two words do not mean the SaIne thmg The dIsJunctIve "or"
between them mdIcates the transfer of "functIOns" performed by employees,
wIthout the transfer of theIr 'jobs", warrants theIr mclusIOn on an RFP
The employer's mterpretatIOn also IS more consIstent With the general
structure of artIcle 6C 1 Before an RFP IS Issued, the Mimstry IS reqUIred to
IdentIfy the employees who will be mcluded m the RFP and to notIfy them of
theIr mclusIOn. After the Issuance of the RFP, the successful bIdder may
decIde to contract out some work, to use technology reqUInng dIfferent skills
than were utihzed m the pubhc servIce, or to dIstribute dutIes aInong
employees m dIfferent ways If any of these thmgs happen, the receIvmg
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employer will not offer all of the same types of Jobs as eXIsted m the pubhc
servIce Some Jobs may change only shghtly, others may change
dramatIcally, and still others may be elunmated entIrely At the tune
employees are named for mclusIOn m an RFP, there will always be some
uncertamty as to whIch pubhc servIce Jobs will be rephcated, to what extent,
m the new employer's workplace When the partIes negotIated artIcle 6C 1, I
very much doubt they mtended that the detennmatIOn of who to hst on an
RFP would depend upon dungs whIch could not be known wIth any
substantIal degree certainty at the tune the RFP IS Issued.
The analysIs leads me to adopt the employer's mterpretatIOn. The
"functIOn" of provIdmg laundry servIces Will be transferred from the pubhc
servIce to the successful bIdder, regardless of whether thIS work IS
contracted out. I conclude the laundry officers were properly mcluded on the
RFP, even If the apphcable standard of arbItral reVIew IS one of
"correctness"
My mterpretatIOn will not place laundry officers at any dIsadvantage m
secunng employment when compared With employees whose Jobs are
rephcated by the new employer ArtIcle 6C 3 reqmres the successful bIdder
to offer all Jobs resultmg from the transfer to employees hsted on the RFP,
and If there are not enough Jobs for all, to make offers on the basIs of
semonty Whether the laundry officers receIve a Job offer will depend upon
theIr relatIve semonty and the total number of Jobs created by the receIVmg
employer, not upon whether theIr current Jobs are rephcated m the new
workplace
ThIS part of the grIevance IS dIsmIssed.
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InclusIOn of Industnal Officers AssIgned to Burtch Trilcor ProgfaIn and
Guelph Repair Shops
The umon contended the RFP should not have mcluded eIther the mdustnal
officer assIgned to the Tnlcor book recychng pro grain at Burtch or the
mdustnal officers m charge of the three repair shops at Guelph. the auto-
body shop, the small-engme shop, and the upholstery shop All of these
employees are engaged m prograIns desIgned to provIde Imnates wIth
productIve work m order to facIhtate theIr rehabIhtatIOn. The RFP for CNCC
reqmres the successful bIdder to provIde a "correctIOnal mdustnes prograIn",
whIch "may mvolve more than one dIstmct busmess", With a rate of
partIcIpatIOn that IS "consIstent WIth or exceeds the current partIcIpatIOn
levels" (page 18)
The sItuatIOn of these mdustnal officers IS analogous to the sItuatIOn of
laundry officers at the same two mstItutIOns The "functIOn" of provIdmg
mdustnal prograIns will be transferred to the successful bIdder who IS
reqmred to provIde a prograIn of tlns sort Pendmg a detennmatIOn of the
exact type of program to be offered, there IS uncertamty as to whether the
current Jobs of the mdustnal officers will be rephcated m the new workplace
Nonetheless, for the reasons stated above, I conclude they were properly
mcluded on the RFP
There IS no eVIdence that the MinIStry plans to relocate the Trilcor
book recychng program wItlnn the pubhc servIce Accordmgly, I see notlnng
arbItrary m management's decIsIOn to hst on the RFP the officer mvolved m
tlns prograIn, while excludmg Guelph Trilcor staff whose work IS bemg
moved to anotller locatIOn m the MinIStry
Tins part of the grIevance IS dIsmIssed.
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InclusIOn of ShIft Engmeers at Burtch and Guelph
The umon contended the RFP should not have mcluded ShIft engmeers who
operate the steaIn plants at Burtch and Guelph. The proposed staffing model
for CNCC does not mclude any smft engmeers Asked If thIS omISSIOn
mrncates there will not be a steaIn plant at CNCC, Mr O'Bnen said he
assumed so
If thIS assumptIOn IS correct, the Jobs of ShIft engmeers defimtely will
not be rephcated by the receIvmg employer Even m thIS scenarIO, the
collectIve agreement would not reqmre that the ShIft engmeers be excluded
from the RFP The functIOn of provIdmg heat will be transferred to the
successful bIdder While the ShIft engmeers will not contmue m theIr old Job
With the new employer, the SaIne may turn out to be true for the laundry
officers and mdustnal officers There IS nothmg m artIcle 6C 1 to support
dIfferentIal treatment of an employee whose Job will not be rephcated, where
thIS IS known from the outset, and an employee whose Job turns out not to be
rephcated, where ImtIally there was some lIDcertamty
ThIS part of the grIevance IS dIsmIssed.
InclusIOn of PosItIOns Attributable to Commumty Escort Work at Burtch,
Guelph. Bame and Pany Sound
The umon contended a percentage of correctIOnal officers at each of the four
desIgnated facihtIes should not have been mcluded m the RFP, because
commumty escort work at CNCC must be performed by members of the
bargammg umt, until July 18, 2002, as reqmred by a decIsIOn of the Labour
RelatIOns Board, dated December 21, 2000 The eVIdence does not estabhsh
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how many escort posItIOns will eXIst at CNCC The umon submItted the total
number of such posItIOns should be dIvIded aInong the four desIgnated
facIlItIes based upon the number of beds bemg transferred to CNCC from
each mstItutIOn.
Employer counsel conceded the escort work will not be pnvatIzed until
July 18,2002, approxImately one year after CNCC opens, Nonetheless,
counsel argued tlns delay IS analogous to the "raInp -up" of other work,
whereby some staff will remam at closmg facihtIes until SIX to nme montlls
after CNCC opens, at whIch tune they will begm workIng for the pnvate-
sector employer Regardless of the standard of arbItral revIew, I find thIS
argument persuasIve and see no reason why the escort posItIOns should not
have been mcluded m the RFP
ThIS part of the grIevance IS dIsmIssed.
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Tins award dIrects the employer to aInend the RFP by excludmg some food-
servIce employees and some employees workmg wIth Burtch Imnates servmg
mtennIttent sentences I rem am seIzed to address any Issues of
unplementatIOn ansmg from tlns dIrectIOn. I also remam seIzed of Issues
relatmg to MimIco employees and employees at facihtIes from wmch female
Inmates will be transferred to CNCC Accordmg to artIcle 8.2, all of these
matters "must be resolved 15 days pnor to the closmg of the tender" The
RFP for CNCC will close on March 9, 2001
I have refrained from ordenng the employer to Issue a new RFP, as
requested by counsel for the umon. Counsel submItted artIcle 6C 1 reqmres
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that a second RFP be Issued at least ten days after the employer gIves notIce
to the employees properly mcluded m the revIsed RFP At tlns stage, the
amendments ordered will delete some names hsted on the ongmal RFP but
will not add tlle naInes of any addItIonal employees who dId not receIve
notIce of the first RFP At least m these cIrcumstances, the tune hmIt m artIcle
8.2 precludes an order reqmnng the Issuance of a new RFP
Dated at Toronto, tlns Ith day of February, 2001
Richard Brown, VIce-Charr
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