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Home My WebLink About2005-0168.Flegg et al.05-12-09 Decision Crown Employees Commission de Nj Grievance Settlement reglement des griefs Board des employes de la Couronne ~ Suite 600 Bureau 600 Ontario 180 Dundas Sl. West 180 rue Dundas Ouest Toronto Ontario M5G 1Z8 Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1Z8 Tel. (416) 326-1388 Tel. (416) 326-1388 Fax (416) 326-1396 Telec. (416) 326-1396 GSB# 2005-0168 2005-0170 2005-0172,2005-0177 2005-0179 2005-0183 2005-0185 2005-0186 2005-0187 2005-0188 2005-0189 2005-0191 2005-0192,2005-0193 2005-0194 2005-0195 2005-0198 2005-0200 2005-0201 2005-0202,2005-0207 2005-0208 2005-0210 2005-0215 2005-0216 2005-0219 2005-0220 2005-0221 2005-0223 2005-0224 2005-0227 2005-0228 2005-0229 2005-0230 2005-0233 2005-0234 2005-0236 2005-0239 2005-0240 2005-0241 2005-0244 2005-0248 2005-0249 2005-0250 2005-0254 2005-0255 2005-0256 2005-0257 2005-0260 2005-0261 2005-0263 2005-0264 2005-0882,2005-0884 2005-0886 2005-0888 UNION# 2005-0440-0017 2005-0440-0019 2005-0440-0021 2005-0440-0026 2005-0440-0028 2005-0440-0032, 2005-0440-0034 2005-0440-0035 2005-0440-0036 2005-0440-0037 2005-0440-0038, 2005-0440-0040 2005-0440-0041, 2005-0440-0042, 2005-0440-0043 2005-0440-0113 2005-0440-0046 2005-0440-0048 2005-0440-0049 2005-0440-0050 2005-0440-0055 2005-0440-0056 2005-0440-0058, 2005-0440-0063 2005-0440-0064 2005-0440-0067 2005-0440-0068, 2005-0440-0069 2005-0440-0071, 2005-0440-0072, 2005-0440-0075 2005-0440-0076 2005-0440-0077 2005-0440-0078 2005-0440-0081, 2005-0440-0082, 2005-0440-0084 2005-0440-0087 2005-0440-0088, 2005-0440-0089 2005-0440-0092, 2005-0440-0096 2005-0440-0097 2005-0440-0098 2005-0440-0101, 2005-0440-0102, 2005-0440-0103 2005-0440-0104 2005-0440-0107 2005-0440-0108 2005-0440-0110 2005-0440-0111 2005-0440-0123 2005-0440-0125 2005-0440-0127 2005-0440-0129 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD BETWEEN Ontano PublIc ServIce Employees Umon (Flegg et al ) Union - and - The Crown III RIght of Ontano (Mimstry ofCommumty Safety and CorrectIOnal ServIces) Employer BEFORE FelIcIty D Bnggs Vice-Chair FOR THE UNION Scott Andrews Gnevance Officer Ontano PublIc ServIce Employees Umon FOR THE EMPLOYER Lucy Neal Semor Staff RelatIOns Officer Mimstry of Commumty Safety and CorrectIOnal ServIces HEARING October 14 2005 2 DeCISIon In September of 1996 the MmIstry of CorrectIOnal ServIces notIfied the Umon and employees at a number of provmcIaI correctIOnal mstItutIOns that theIr facIlItIes would be closed and/or restructured over the next few years On June 6, 2000 and June 29, 2000 the Umon filed pohcy and mdIvIdual gnevances that alleged vanous breaches of the collectIve agreement mcludmg artIcle 6 and artIcle 31 15 as well as gnevances relatmg to the filhng of correctIOnal officer posItIOns In response to these gnevances the partIes entered mto dIscussIOns and ultImately agreed upon two Memoranda of Settlement concernmg the apphcatIOn of the collectIve agreement dunng the "first phase of the MmIstry's transItIOn" One memorandum, dated May 3, 2000 (heremafter referred to as "MERC I" (MmIstry Employment RelatIOns CommIttee)) outhned condItIons for the correctIOnal officers wIllIe the second, dated July 19,2001 (heremafter referred to as "MERC 2") provIded for the non-correctIOnal officer staff Both agreements were subject to ratIficatIOn by respectIve prmcIples and settled all of the gnevances IdentIfied m the related MERC appendIces, filed up to that pomt m tIme The partIes contmued to negotIate and agree upon further condItIons regardmg the transItIOn matters MERC 3 was sIgned by the partIes on February 25, 2002 WhIle It was agreed m each case that the settlements were "wIthout prejUdICe or precedent to posItIOns eIther the umon or the employer may take on the same Issues m future dIscussIOns", the partIes recogmzed that dIsputes mIght anse regardmg the ImplementatIOn of the memoranda. Accordmgly, they agreed, at Part G, paragraph 8 3 The partIes agree that they wIll request that FehcIty Bnggs, VIce Chair of the Gnevance Settlement Board wIll be seIzed wIth resolvmg any dIsputes that anse from the llnplementatIOn of tlllS agreement It IS tlllS agreement that provIdes me wIth the jUnSdIctIOn to resolve the outstandmg matters Both MERC 1 and MERC 2 are lengthy and comprehensIve documents that provIde for the IdentIficatIOn of vacanCIes and posItIOns and the procedure for filhng those posItIOns as they become aVailable throughout varIOUS phases of the restructunng GIven the complexIty and SIze of the task of restnlctunng and decommIssIOmng of mstItutIOns, It IS not surpnsmg that a number of gnevances and dIsputes arose ThIS IS another of the dIsputes that have ansen under the MERC Memorandum of Settlement When I was mItIally mVIted to hear theses transItIOn dIsputes, the partIes agreed that process to be followed for the determmatIOn of these matters would be vIrtually IdentIcal to that found m ArtIcle 22 16.2 whIch states The mediator/arbItrator shall endeavour to assIst the partIes to settle the gnevance by mediatIOn If the partIes are unable to settle the gnevance by medIatIOn, the mediator / arb 1 trator shall determme the gnevance by arbItratIOn When detennmmg the gnevance by arbItratIOn, the medIator/arbItrator may hmIt the nature and extent of the eVIdence and may Impose such condItIons as he or she consIders appropnate The medIator/arbItrator shall gIve a succmct decIsIOn wItllln five (5) days after completmg proceedmgs, unless the partIes agree otherwIse 4 The transItIOn commIttee has dealt wIth dozens of gnevances and complamts pnor to the mediatIOn/arbItratIOn process There have been many other gnevances and Issues raised before me that I have eIther assIsted the partIes to resolve or arbItrated. However, there are stIll a large number that have yet to be dealt wIth It IS because of the vast numbers of gnevances that I have decIded, m accordance wIth my jUnSdIctIOn to so detennme, that gnevances are to be presented by way of each party presentmg a statement of the facts wIth accompanymg submIssIOns NotwIthstandmg that some gnevors mIght wIsh to attend and provIde oral eVIdence, to date, tlllS process has been efficIent and has allowed the partIes to rem am relatIvely current wIth dIsputes that anse from the contmumg transItIOn process Not surpnsmgly, m a few mstances there has been some confusIOn about the certam facts or sImply msufficIent detail has been provIded. On those occaSIOns I have dIrected the partIes to speak agam wIth theIr prmcIples to ascertam the facts or the ratIOnale belllnd the partIcular outstandmg matter In each case tlllS has been done to my satIsfactIOn It IS essentIal m tlllS process to aVOId accumulatmg a backlog of dIsputes The task of resolvmg these Issues m a tImely fashIOn was, from the outset, a formIdable one WIth ongomg changes m MmIstenal boundanes and other organIzatIonal alteratIOns, the task has lately become larger, not smaller It IS for these reasons that the process I have outlmed IS appropnate m these CIrcumstances On Apnl 6, 2005, I Issued a decIsIOn regardmg a vanety of gnevances that were filed by CorrectIOnal Officers at St Lawrence Valley CorrectIOnal and Treatment Centre That decIsIOn dIsposes of further gnevances whIch I have appended at AppendIx A. 5 To be clear, the appended hst of gnevances are dIsmIssed. t Toronto thIS 9th day of December, 2005 ~end\){ A Grievor Grievance # Grievor Grievance # 1 Brown Cheryl 2005_0440-0110 29 Norton steven 2005_0440-0026 2 Brown Cheryl 2005_0440-0111 30 Norton steven 2005_0440-0028 3 Burl<.e Jeffre}l 2005_0440-0127 31 Norton steven 2005_0440-0032 4 Coon Robert 2005_0440-0104 32 Norton steven 2005_0440-0034 5 Coon Robert 2005_0440-0107 33 Norton steven 2005_0440-0035 6 Coon Robert 2005_0440-0108 34 Norton steven 2005_0440-0036 7 Cooper Donald 2005_0440-0037 35 Norton steven 2005_0440-0125 8 Cooper Donald 2005_0440-0038 36 preston patricia 2005_0440-0081 9 Flegg Nanc}l 2005_0440-0017 37 Preston patricia 2005_0440-0082 10 Flegg Nanc}l 2005_0440-0019 38 preston patricia 2005_0440-0084 11 Flegg Nanc}I 2005_0440-0021 39 preston patricia 2005_0440-0087 12 Fleming Brad 2005_0440-0048 40 Robertson stephen 2005_0440-0058 13 Fleming Brad 2005_0440-0049 41 Robertson stephen 2005_0440-0063 14 Fleming Brad 2005_0440-0050 42 Robertson stephen 2005-0440-0064 15 Fleming Brad 2005_0440-0055 43 Robinson \-leather 2005_0440-0092 16 Fleming Brad 2005_0440-0056 44 Robinson \-leather 2005_0440-0096 17 Fleming Brad 2005_0440-0129 45 Robinson \-leather 2005_0440-0097 18 Foreman John 2005_0440-0101 46 Robinson \-leather 2005_0440-0098 19 Foreman John 2005_0440-0102 47 Tedtord R}lan 2005_0440-0088 20 Foreman John 2005_0440-0103 48 Tedtord R}lan 2005_0440-0089 21 Lee James 2005_0440-0075 49 Theriault, craig 2005_0440-0071 22 Lee James 2005_0440-0076 50 Theriault, craig 2005_0440-0072 23 Lee James 2005_0440-0077 51 Truszinsl<.i peter 2005-0440-0040 24 Lee James 2005_0440-0078 52 Trusilnsl<.i peter 2005-0440-0041 25 Morin AnthOn}l 2005_0440-0067 53 Truszinsl<.i peter 2005_0440-0042 26 Morin Anthon}l 2005_0440-0068 54 Truszinsl<i peter 2005-0440-0043 27 Morin AnthOn}l 2005_0440-0069 55 Truszinsl<.i peter 2005-0440-0046 28 Morin AnthOn}l 2005_0440-0123 56 Truszinsl<.i peter 2005_0440-0113