HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-0860.McWilliams.87-12-07Between:
Before:
For the Grievor:
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
For the Employer:
OLBEU (Brian McWilliams)
and
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Liquor Control Board of Ontario)
B. Fisher
F. Taylor
D. Wallace
Vice Chairman
Member
Member
M. Levinson
Counsel
Koskie & Minsky
Barristers and Solicitors
R. .I. Drmaj
Counsel
Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart & Storie
Barristers and Solicitors
Grievor
Employer
October 22, 1987
DECISION
AtthecpenbqofthehearjW, ccunselfortheunionrqxstedan
adjourmantwhichms opposedbytheeqlwer.
Theunion'spc&tionbiasthattheadjcunmmtwasreQIe&&beCaUSe
~~~aris~aRofMeincidentsthatledtothegrievor's
. . timmsal&med fortrial form27, 1987.
Thegrievorfeltthatbyhavirqthegriemme heardbeforethecrimil?al
trial,hewuldhsprejudicedinthecthinaltrial.~grievor
-nottorequest a~timi.nthisaz%itrationbeycn3thedate
Of the ?xque& for the adjcumlent, Mmely mtober 22, 1987.
megrievor'spositi~isthatthe~judice~darisebecausehewauld
likelytestifyatthis~itratianardal~thisevidencecouldnotbe
usedagainsthim&irectlyintheimirdLtrialkeca~ofhisrights
ur&rtheCal&ian-ofRi~ardheedcns, therecculdkea
prejudicialeffectinthatthe~~~therebythe~couldabtain
certaininformatianwhichwaild~ibly~judicettteQimiralmatter.
ThisEcadis extremely smsitive ard coolcernedti any possible
prejudicetoagrieMrfacingQ-imirral~andtherefore,isprepared
togmntahadjouzment onthe fol.l~W:
1. Thatthematterbescheduledfora~~assoanaspossible
after Noveuber 27, 1987;
2. matinanyawardthat~yflawfmanthe~ofMegrievance,
thegrievorwillmtrequest =Q¶==tion w Cctoker 22, 1987.
ThiSBwrdiS furtherofthecpinimthatit isnot seizedofthemtter
insofaras itdidmthea.ranyevideXeonthemerits oftheactimbut
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'Iherefore,theregistrarisdirectedto~ethismatterforahearing
after Noveu&sr 27, 1987 with any panel that is available.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario, this 7th day of December, 1987
.
B. Fisher - Vice Chairman
w,/ .
F. Taylor
D. Wallace - Member