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IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
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BETWEEN:
NORTHERN COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND
TECHNOLOGY
(The College)
AND:
ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION
(The Union)
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE GRIEVANCE OF C.DePENCIER AND THE UNION
BOARD OF ARBITRATION: HOWARD D. BROWN, CHAIRMAN
J. McMANUS, UNION NOMINEE
DAVID CAMELETTI, COLLEGE NOMINEE
APPEARANCES FOR
THE COLLEGE: ANNE BURKE, COUNSEL
APPEARANCES FOR
THE UNION: NELSON ROLAND, COUNSEL
HEARINGS IN THIS MATTER HAD BEEN HELD ON SEPTEMBER 2ND AT TIMMINS
AND NOVEMBER 11TH, 1993 AT TORONTO.
INTERIM AWARD
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A grievance was lodged by the grievor in a letter to
Mr. Hemingway, Dean of the Mining & Instrumentation Department at
the College on October 29th, 1991, claiming that the College:
"Has abrogated my rights under Article 8.04g by
witholding notice of Layoff until October 29,
1991 thereby cancelling my right to a meeting
with a College representative within three (3)
calendar days as per the Collective Agreement.
The remedy requested is that the Layoff notice
be rescinded."
A notice of Layoff dated October 21st, 1991 was issued by the
College to the grievor. . The Union filed a grievance dated
October 30th, claiming that the College failed to follow the intent
of Article 8.04.
By letter, dated November 4th, the grievor
complained that,
"my rights were violated under Art. 8.00 with
regard to improper layoff."
By letter, dated November November 4th, Mr. Hemingway advised the
grievor that the layoff notice would be rescinded but the date of
termination after the ninety day notice period would be changed to
February 1st, 1992. The College responded to the Union I s grievance
that it was not in violation of Article 8.04. On November 16th,
the Union requested a meeting at step 2 of the collective agreement
with regard to its grievance.
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On November 25th, 1991 the grievor sent the following
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Dean D. Hemingway,
Mining & Instrumentation,
Northern College of A. A. , T.
Hail eybury , Onto
Oear Sir,
stell 1 Grievance
The College has broached the Collective Agreement by failing
to meet to adjust my complaint of Nov. 3, 1991 regarding Art. 8.00
and I am therefore forced to proceed to step 1 of the Grievance
Procedure.
" I helieve that I have been improperly laid off contrary to the
proviSions of the Collective Agreement and. I claim entitlement to
displace the follOWing:
1. R. .Oblin, currently on temporary ..sigDlllent in Busine.s but
normally ..signed OBS teaohing work.
2. M. Deveault. aeaaional. currently teaching OBS 25 hours.
3. Since preference is to be given to full-time over partial-
load. part-time and seasional, Cart 8.04) and since the College in
previous lay-ofb had agreecl to combine aapects of part-tiDle,
sessional work to arrive at a full time load, I believe I am
ent.itled to displace anr such person in order to arrive at a
teaching assiglllllent. These would inclUde all lIIIIPloyees of the
college hired to do teaching and/or related aotivity who are
included in the a.ISb liat referred to in the Collective Agreement
and who do contracted work for the college, speoifically but not
eltclusively.
I also grieve that the teaching positions in India, presently /
contracted out to D. Bosking and"!. KcVeigh, are within the
boundaries of the Collective Agreement and IlIUSt be iDclucied as
candidatea for displacement. K.B. Federal Court of Canada ruling
PSAC va Regina, Rov. 1990.
The remedy sought is that my lay-off be rescinded and that t
he allowed to eltercise my displacement rights under the Colle~tive
Agreement.
I request that the step 1 meeting be held in Ha1lerbury and
that Brother A. aannikainen at~end as my counsellor.
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cc A. Hannikainen, V.P. Opseu local 6S3
R. Kason, Pres. OPSEO local aS3
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By letter, dated December 6th, 1991, the grievor sent the
following letter to the President:
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Dear Sir.
Grievance Step 2. Art. 8.00
The Colleqe has violated my rilJhts under the Collective
Aqreement by not replyinq to my Grievance Step 1 of November 25.
1991. I ~ therefore oblilJed to tender my qrievance at the Step 2
level.
I believe that I have been improperly laid off contrary to the
provisions of the Collective. AlJreement and! claim entitlement to
displace the followinlJ:
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R. Obi in. currently on temporary assi;ament in Business
normally ..signed OBS teachinq work.
K. Deveault. sessional. currently assigned OBS 25 brs.
Since preference is to be given to full-time over partial-
load. part-time and sessional. (art. 8.04) and since the Colleqe in
previous lay-offs had aqreed to combine aspects of part-time,
sessional work to arrive at a fUll-time load. I believe I ~
entitled to displace any such person in order to arrive at a
teachin'1 assilJIUllent. These would include all employees of the
Colleqe employed to do teachinlJ and/or related activity who are
included in the 8.15b list referred to in the Collective Aqreement
and who do contracted work for the Colleqe. specifically but not
exclusively.
I also qrieve that teachinlJ positions in India. presently
contracted out to D. HoskinlJ and E. KcVeiqh. are within the
boundaries of the Collective Aqreement and must be included as
candidates for replacement. Refer to: Federal Court of canada
rulinlJ. PSAC vs Pederal Government of Canada._ November. 1990.
~he remedy soulJht is that my lay-off be rescinded and that I
be allowed to exercise my displacement rilJhts under the Collective
AlJrllement.
I request that the Step 2 meetinlJ be held in Haileybury
within the time limits as specified in the Collective AlJreement'
and that Brother A. Hanni.kainen be in attendance as my counsellor:
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Charles dePencier
c.c. R. Mason. Pres. local 653. OPS~
A. Hannikainen. VP. local 653. OPSED
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By notice, dated December 10th, 1991 the Union gave its
notice of referral to arbitration of its grievance. The response
of the College to the grievor on December 17th was:
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NORTHERN~ COLLEGE
COLLEGE 'NORTHERN
of Applied Arts d"..u ~Iquet
and TedInoIosY et de tedlnologie
DOSSIER I FILE: 1691-010
PersonalldePenc:illl", C.
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Professor C. dePencilll"
379 Probyn StreR
P. O. Box 247
Hal1eybury, Ontario
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Dear Professor dePenc1er:
Re: Step II Griev&/lC8 -.ting CllIlC8'IIing article 8 at. Hal1~
School of Hines site on 1991 1% 13
The College will change your laroff date to 199% 0% 01 to coincide with
the "Response to your Step I Grt~. u signed by.... ....ngway on 1991
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The College does not agree that yau haw the CGIIIpftence, skin. and
experience to dIsplace MJo. R. lII1fn and .... M. DewHult. /101' does it
recognize that there are positions Inchlded In the 8.15(b) lflt that yau
have the COIIIpeUnca. sk111 and aperfence to dtspl8CII.
Yours grievanca Is therefore dented.
Yours trulJ'.
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Peter MacLean
Executive Director of
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(President's Designee)
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c.c. A. Hannikainen, Union Stewart
Haileybury School of Mines
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R. Gervets, President, NIlrtI1.m
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Subsequently the following letter was sent by the grievor to the
President.
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Mr. R. Garvaia, Pre.idant
Northern Collesa of A.A. & T..
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Dear Sir:
Reau85t for ArbitraeioD
I requa.t that m,. Step 2 Grievanca reaardina Article 8. ba .ant fOr
arbitration. Your danial of .,. Step 2 Griavance (1991-12-17) doe.
not rafar to all aapacts of .y arievanca. apecificall,.. D. Ho.tiDa.
and E. McVeiah pre.entl,. taachins Dia.ond Drillina in India and the
rulina of the Supre.a Court (PSAC v. Pederal Govern.ent).
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aesardiaa .y lack of ezpariaaca. akill and co.petanca. tbare are
pre"edaata within the Collaae whereb,. Profe..or. aDd MaDaaa.aDl:
have baen a..iaaad poaitioas without tha ao-called ~
EXPERIENCE and COMPETENCE raquirad fOr their a..ian.aats.
I reque.t that the Arbitration be beard in Haile,.bury and that I be
notified ia advance of the propo.ed data..
Yours very truly.
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CharI.. dePaacier
c.c. Mr. R. Ma.on. Pra.. Local 653, OPSEU
Mr. A. Bannikainea, V.P. Local 653, OPSEU
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By letter, dated January 20th, 1992, Mr. Park, Co-Ordinator of
Grievances for the Union, advised the College that its reply to the
Depencier grievance was not satisfactory and was referring the
matter to a Board of Arbitration with notice to the Ministry of
Colleges and Universities.
It is the Union's position that both grievances are
properly referred to this Board for its determination. Pursuant to
Article S.OS(b) the grievor claims two full-time positions of McVey
and ObI in. The India proj ect on which Mr. McVey's work at the time
was completed on July 31st, 1992. Mr. Oblin had been seconded at
the time of the grievance to another position on a temporary basis
but had held a full-time position and the grievor seeks to bump
into the position which he regularly held in Ontario Basic Skills.
Article S.OS of the collective agreement is as follows:
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8.08 (a) An employee claiming improper lay-off contrary to the provi-
sions of this Agreement. shall state in the grievance the positions
occupied by full-time and , non-full-time employees whom the em-
ployee claims entitlement to displace. The time limit referred to in
Article 11.02 for presenting complaints shall apply from the date
written notice of lay-off is given to the employee.
(b) If the grievance is processed through Step 2. the written
referral to arbitration in Article 11.03 shall specify, from the positions
originally designated in (a) above, two full-time positions, or positions
occupied by two or more partial-load or part-time employees (the sum
of whose duties will form one full-time position), who shall thereafter
be the subject matter of the grievance and arbitration. The grievor
shall be entitled to arbitrate the grievance thereafter under only one of
sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (I) ,(g) or (h) of Article 8.05.
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The position of the College is that the grievance was ngt
properly referred to arbitration under Article S.OS(b) and is not
arbi trable. Following initial submissions on this issue, the
propriety and extent of a subpoena to Mr. MacLean, Director of
Human Resources for the College by the Union and the extra-
territorial jurisdiction of the Board, we directed complete oral
submissions by counsel in Toronto which were completed on November
11th. Following those submissions, the Board has met in executive
session to give consideration to the issues raised with regard to
its jurisdiction in this matter and the preparation of this .award
concerning those issues to which the award is limited.
It is the submission for the College that the grievance
here dealt with is that dated November 25, 1991 which is a claim of
improper laYOff. The claim against M. Deveault was abandoned but
when laid off the grievor must claim a position at the time of his
layoff and claiming a job of what Mr. Oblin may have been doing
prior to that time has not met the terms of the collective
agreement. Thus the College does not have notice of the positions
which the grievor claims and he failed to be specific as required
under Article 8. OS . wi th regard to the third paragraph of the
grievance where the grievor claims teaching positions in India of
Hoskin & McVeigh as full-time employees of the College cannot be
maintained as their work is outside of Canada.
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It was submitted that the step 2 grievance was submitted on
December 6th with the same allegations at step 1 to which the
College responded on December 17th. The grievor sent a letter to
the President on January 7th, 1992 which was received on January
8th by the College requesting him to refer it to arbitration and
takes issue with the College I s responseas~ to the-above' persons . but
there was no attempt in its submission. to.. narrow the target and
noone was given notice of these proceedings.
It is the College
submission that this letter does not quatify under Article 11.03
which is:
11.03 Grievances
Failing settlement of a complaint, it shall be taken up as a
grievance (if it falls within the definition under Article 11.12 (c)) in the
following manner and sequence provided it is presented within seven .
(7) days of the immediate Supervisor's reply to the complaint. It is the
intention of the parties that reasons supporting the grievance and for :
its referral to a succeeding Step be set out in the grievance and on the :
document referring it to the next Step. Similarly. the College written '
decisions at each step shall contain reasons supporting the decision.
The letter of Mr. Park referring the matter to arbi tration on
January 20th, 1992 was not received by the College but sent to the
staff Relation Section of the College Affairs Branch.
It was
submitted that there was not a proper referral to arbitration and
the referral as such, is beyond the time provided in the agreement
of fifteen days after the Step 2 response. The grievor can only
displace someone who was doing the work claimed at the time of the
grievance and there is no valid target set out in the grievance
claimed by the grievor to displace. On that basis in the College
submission the grievance should be dismissed.
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In the alternative, it was argued that pursuant to Articles
8.08 and 11.03 the Union is required to provide particulars of tq~
position claimed as to who performed the work during what period in
a named position before the College can be asked to take any other
step.. The agreement requires specificity with regard to the
arbitration of the grievance within. the terms. of the last sentence
of Article 8.08 whereby it can be meet only one of those parts of
Article 8.05. The claim cannot be ascertained from the grievance
because the Union does not identify who the grievor can bump and
under what provision in Article 8.05. The Union must take such a
position before the latter can proceed to arbitration.
The subpoena submitted by the Union cannot be used as a
fishing expedition to establish the claim. The information cannot
be obtained until the College knows the scope of the grievance and
the case to be met and on that basis the relevance of the documents
could be determined. The College objects to the scope of the
subpoena and while the Board has the power to compel production of
documents it must within the limit of the case. The Union does
have SWFS and Mr. Oblin is a full time member of the bargaining
uni t and could be asked about the information required by the
Union. There is no allegation that the grievor should replace
Oblin at the time of the grievance but requests information to
support the claim that it is the duties which he had performed at
some other time and that is not relevant. In its submission the
subpoena does not meet the test that the Union had acted diligently
to obtain the information to support the claim but apart from that
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it is its position that there is nothing which is arbitrable and
therefore the subpoena need not be answered.
In the second alternative is that theCCBA while not ultra
vires does not have extra-provincial effect whatever therefore was
done in India has no bearing on this grievance. The terms of the
collective agreement cannot be applied to work performed outside of
ontario; that part of the subpoena which refers to McVeigh and
Hosking cannot be relevant and therefore improperly requested by
the Union. Reference in the submissions was made to Re Canada Post
and C.U.P.W., 24 L.A.C. (3d) 157 (Weatherill); Re Bell Canada and
Communication Workers of Canada, 25 L.A.C. (2d) 200 (P.C. Picher);
Re Fanshawe Colleae and OPSEU (unreported - Weatherill, June 1987) ;
Re Seneca College and OPSEU (unreported - Kates, May 1985);
Re Humber Colleae and OPSEU (H.D. Brown - February 1992);
Re st. Lawrence Colleae and OPSEU (Keller - November 1993);
Re Easter Bakeries Ltd., 26 D.L.R. (2d) 332; Re Seneca Colleae and
OPSEU, (Simmons, May 1991); Re C.U.P.E. v st. Paul University
(O.L.R.B., 2185-72-R); Re Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild and
MacLeans Maaazine (O.L.R.B. - 0205-82-R).
The position of the Union is that the grievor who received
notice of layoff has a right to bump into a position not to bump
out a named person but to a position which could be vacant or
occupied which is what is identified in the grievance, dated
November 25th, Le. a position normally held by Oblin. The Union's
position is that the two positions claimed under the narrowing
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procedure of 8.08 are those of McVeigh and Oblin. An individual
does not need to occupy a position in order it be identified but__
if it is occupied that person could be bumped. The protection
under the agreement could be circumvented by not having a person
teaching in the position or having it broken up for temporary
reasons and- reconstituted at a later- time but. the Union has a right
to prove that there was a position which the grievor could claim.
That is related to the subpoena requested by the Union as the
information is relative to that position in that the Union has
requested SWFS and time tables to prove Oblin's job was fragmented
to the others named in the subpoena. The Union should be allowed
to demonstrate the existance of a discrete position in which the
grievor could have worked at the time.
The information requested by the Union will demonstrate
that 'Oblin was in the position before it was temporarily broken up
and the Union can with this information demonstrate that there was
such a position. This is not a search to create a case but to
prove the case with the requested documents and relies in that
respect on the Bell Canada award with reference to Becker Milk
award. The subpoena requested gives reasonable particularity of
the documents requested of the College and is not an abuse as the
names have been provided and the Union has reason to believe that
the documents involving those names are relevant and will assist
the Union to define the terms of employment. Given the territorial
argument as to the India project, the documents are necessary to
understand the nature of the work and whether the two employees are
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engaged in Ontario but carrying on work outside of the province in
which certain elements of the collective agreement could apply.
In its submission the grievor's letter to the President of
the College dated January 7th, 1992 is a reference to arbitration
and is within the time limits of the agreement. The grievor does
have the individual right to send the grievance to arbitration and
apart from the highly technical submission of the College in this
- respect it was submitted that in reality it was a reference to
arbitration by the grievor which notice was received by the College
in January. Therefore there was no violation to time limits in the
agreement and the grievance is arbitrable.
It was further submitted with regard to the extra-
territorial argument for the College that McVeigh was engaged by
the College in ontario where his employment relationship originated
as a full time employee. The filling of the position took place in
ontario and whoever is in that position falls within the purvue of
the collective agreement. In its submission an employee would have
to be both engaged and working out of Ontario to exclude the terms
of the agreement. The Union can claim what those employees did in
Ontario as the employee is a member of the bargaining unit and
covered by the terms of the collective agreement. It was submitted
that because the College sent some staff to India it does not take
the purpose of regulation of employee relationships in this
province out of our jurisdiction under the Act.
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Having regard to the submissions of the parties the Board
finds that the terms of the collective agreement do not preclude
this type of grievance submitted by Mr. Depencier and that it was
referred by the grievor to arbitration within the time limits of
the agreement. The grievor set out his step 1 grievance by letter,
dated November 25th, 1991. in which he claimed entitlement to
displace Oblin and Devault and as well grieved "the teaching
positions in India presently contracted out to D. Hosking and E.
McVeigh". That grievance was processed to step 2 by letter, dated
December 6th with the same particularity and to which the College
responded on December 17th. Under Article 11.03 the grievance must
be referred to arbitration within fifteen days of the receipt by
the grievor of the step 2 response of the College. We find that
the grievor I s letter dated January 7th, 1992 addressed to the
President of the College headed "request for arbitration"
referring to denial of its step 2 grievance is a reference to
arbitration within the meaning of the collective agreement which
the individual employee is entitled to present. That was received
by the College on January 8th and is we find, a timely notice.
The referral to arbitration does not specify the two
positions required by Article 8.08(a) but the grievance indicates
two names, Oblin and Devault which the grievor claims to displace
and the Union is concentrating on the position held by Oblin. The
names of Hosking and McVeigh are set out in both the step 1 and
step 2 grievances but only two positions from those originally
designated can be the subject matter of the grievance. While the
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referral to arbitration doe.s not specify the two positions he
claims, the grievor has referred in that letter to the step 2
grievance in which the two positions are set out as well as
referring to his claim against Hosking and McVeigh.
There can
however, under the terms of Article a.Oa(b) be only two positions
claimed.
It is clear to us that the grievor has claimed
displacement of ObI in and Devault and those are the two positions
in the step 2 grievance which can be incorporated by reference into
the grievor' s request for arbitration.
with that conclusion
whatever the validity of the grievor' s claim against those two
persons teaching in India, that issue cannot be dealt with under
this grievance
having regard to the clear and specific
requirements of Article a. oa (b). That conclusion is also supported
by the Union's focus on the position formerly occupied by Oblin.
Having regard to that finding, the first two paragraphs of
Appendix A to the subpoena to Mr. MacLean are not relevant and are
hereby struck from the subpoena.
The third paragraph of Appendix A is as follows:
"Any and all SWFS and timetables and course outlines
for Roger Oblin, Mr. Deneault, Lucie Beaulac, John
Pearce and Lynn Coutts for the period from.one year
prior to Charles De Pencier's layoff to the present".
The Board has considered the purpose of a subpoena as more
particularly set out in the Bell Canada and Becker Milk Companv
awards. Having regard to those directions we find that the
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information requested in the third paragraph of Appendix A of ~g
subpoena does not violate the purposes for which a subpoena should
be used. We are satisfied that the Union is not endeavoring to
obtain facts on which to establish its case but, by this. information
to obtain the facts on which it intends to support the issues in
the grievances. The union did not know how the College dealt with
the Oblin position in fact and is we find, entitled to obtain the
relevant documents in that regard. There is reasonable
particularity with reference to SWFS and timetables which
information is kept by the College and although the Union may have
copies of such documents it is entitled to look at the
documentation of the college with regard to the position in
dispute. There is no doubt on the face of the subpoena what the
documents are that the Union requests and which are relevant to the
claiin' of displacement. The grievor made a substantial claim in his
grievance and it therefore cannot be concluded that the subpoena
requested by the Union is for the purposes of establishing whether
any case against the College exists. The Union acted wi th
reasonable diligence in processing its grievance by letter dated
December 10th by Mr. Mason to the President which is the referral
to arbitration of the October 30th, 1991 grievance.
The grievor has named as we have set out above, with regard
to the timeliness issue, two employees of the College. The
information requested in the subpoena requested relating to those
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two persons are we find, the proper subject of the subpoena.
Documents with regard to the other names set out in the third
paragraph of Appendix A are not relevant.
Therefore the Board
amends the subpoena by striking out the first two paragraphs and
directing the third paragraph to be amended as follows:
"Any and all SWFS and timetables and course outlines
for Roger Oblin, M. Devault, for the period of one
year prior to Charles De pencier's layoff to the
date of the grievance."
As the issue has been limited by the Board in this award it
is not necessary for it to deal with the second alternate argument
of the College with regard to the extra-territorial application of
the Oepencier grievance which we have found does not involve either
Hosking or McVeigh who were involved in the India project. The
grievor's claim to those positions are not referred to arbitration
and are not properly before this Board pursuant to the terms of
Articles 8.08 and 11.03.
The Board finds that the grievance dated November 25, 1991
is arbitrable and that it has jurisdiction to deal with that claim
as set out in this award. The Board finds that it has jurisdiction
to deal with the grievance of the Union. The Board will set
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further days of hearing to consider the merits of the grievances.
DATED AT OAKVILLE, THIS 30TH DAY OF MARCH, 1994.
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HOWARD D. BROWN, CHAIRMAN
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DAVID ~TTI, COLLEGE NOMINEE
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IN THE MA ITER OF AN ARBITRATION
BETWEEN:
NORTHERN COLlEGE OF APPUED ARTS AND
TECHNOLOGY. '
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ONTARIO PUBUC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION
(The Union)
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AND IN THE MA TIER OF THE GRIEVANCE OF .C~ DePENCIER AND THE UNION
DISSENTING OPINION OF J:OLLEGE NOMINEE
I have read the award ~f-the majority of the Board of Arbitration and,' ",'.:
with the greatest of respect, must'dissent.
Article 8. OS' of. the collective' agrgement sets out a very specific.,'"
procedure with respect to layoff which must 'be: .construed as a specific intention' : :'::
agreed to by the parties to be followed, in the ev:ent of layoff. This conClusion is, ...
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underlined by the fact that Article 8.05 occupies more than three full pages of the: .,' ",'
collective agreem~nt.
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Article 8.08{b) specifies that the ,written referral to arbitration in Article
11.03 is to specify two full-time positions ,or pdsitions occupied by two or more
partial-load or part-time emplOyees.
The parties were carufel enough to use the word, .positions" and, in my
respectful view, this Board of Arbitration i$ obligated to assign the plain meaning to
the word, II position. " In this regard, the second'step reply dated December 6, 1991
by the grievor, Mr. dePencier which specifies the names of "R. Oblin" and -M.
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Deveault" does not refer specifically to positions but to two individuals. In' my . : : '
respectful view, this does not comply with the requirements of the collective' , '", ' '
agreement which specify that the 'positions (Which I read to be a reference to'the '
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specific classifications into which the grievor Wishes to bump) are to be included crr ,~.
the step If reply.
It is significant that tht:fmajorityfinds that the -referral to arbitration does
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, not specify the two poSitions requirect by Article 8.08(a) but the grievance indicates" ~:..' " .'
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two names, Obfln and Deveault; whid,.tl1e.grievOTclaims to displace.. In light of thiS . ;" ..' . , ,
flndinQI it is my respectful view that the !"ajority: opinion was then obligated to find ':.':"
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that the referral to arbitration by.the:-g~evor di~ 'not meet the requirements of A~cle" .' .'.
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'. 8.08(a) and that the grievance. could: accordingly, not be processed to arbitration. '..: :...... :"
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Having regard to the abov~~ I'Would have upheld ~e College's preliminary' ':-. :
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objection and dismissed the grievan~e~' Since I would have disposed of the grievance, "< :: ".
I wouJd also have quashed the subpOena..'
I would like to indicate .that I-do concur with the result by the majority ';.. .:
in not permitting the grievor to dearV/ith tne claim in the grievance to displace either .' ",
of the employees, Hosking or McVel~h;; My reasoning 'is on the basis of the argument'., _'
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of the College that the jurisdiction of ,this Board of Arbitration does not extend to any .
positions in India into which the.: grievor sought to bump into..
DATED at the City of Sault Ste. M'arie, this 29th of March, 1994.
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. DAVID CAMELElTI, COLLEGE NOMINEE