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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-1163.Racicot.12-10-15 DecisionCrown Employees Grievance Settlement Board Suite 600 180 Dundas St. West Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8 Tel. (416) 326-1388 Fax (416) 326-1396 Commission de règlement des griefs des employés de la Couronne Bureau 600 180, rue Dundas Ouest Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1Z8 Tél. : (416) 326-1388 Téléc. : (416) 326-1396 GSB#2012-1163 UNION#2012-0642-0016 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD BETWEEN Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Racicot) Union - and - The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services) Employer BEFORE Felicity D. Briggs Vice-Chair FOR THE UNION Scott Andrews Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer FOR THE EMPLOYER Greg Gledhill Ministry of Government Services Centre for Employee Relations Employee Relations Advisor HEARING September 18, 2012. - 2 - Decision [1] The Employer and the Union at the Monteith Correctional Centre agreed to participate in the Expedited Mediation-Arbitration process in accordance with the negotiated Protocol. Most of the grievances were settled through that process. However, a few remained unresolved and therefore require a decision from this Board. The Protocol provides that decisions will be issued within a relatively short period of time after the actual mediation sessions and will be without reasons. Further, the decision is to be without prejudice and precedent. [2] Richard Racicot is a Maintenance Mechanic 3 who grieved that because the interview room door had a jammed lock in May of 2012 he should have been called in to remove and fix the lock. It was suggested by the Union that allowing this situation to continue was a health and safety breach. [3] The Employer disputed the health and safety violation and urged that there was no violation of the Collective Agreement. [4] After considering the facts and submissions in this matter I am of the view that the grievance must be dismissed. Dated at Toronto this 15th day of October 2012. Felicity D. Briggs, Vice-Chair