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Crown Employees Grievance Settlement
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Commission de
règlement des griefs
des employés de la
Couronne
Bureau 600
180, rue Dundas Ouest
Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1Z8
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GSB#2010-0054, 2010-0056
UNION#2010-0378-0014; 2010-0378-0015
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Salmon) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Liquor Control Board of Ontario) Employer
BEFORE Janice Johnston Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION Richard Blair
Ryder Wright Blair & Holmes LLP
Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER Jodi Gallagher Healy
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Counsel
HEARING October 31, 2019
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Decision
[1] This matter has a long history. The parties signed Minutes of Settlement on
October 14, 2014. Pursuant to the Minutes of Settlement the parties agreed to
keep certain terms confidential. The parties also agreed that the settlement was
entered into without any admission of liability by any party.
[2] The parties agree that abiding by settlement obligations has an important labour
relations purpose.
[3] The Union concedes that it breached the Minutes of Settlement by publishing in
their 2018 Convention Update that the grievor “won” his complaint that was
settled under the 2014 minutes of settlement.
[4] The Union has made it clear that it takes settlement obligations (including
confidentiality and no admission of liability agreements) very seriously and is
committed to upholding such obligations in the future.
[5] In the event that there are any issues with regard to the interpretation of this
decision I shall remain seized.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 5th day of November 2019.
“Janice Johnston”
Janice Johnston, Arbitrator