Compulsory Overtime Grievance Win.

“In all, I conclude that this grievance succeeds and a declaration is to issue that the Corporation’s 2009 widely followed national directive ultimately led to a regular course of action under the last step of article 17.04 vhich violated the Corporation’s contracted obligations under article 15.14 to reasonably minimize compulsory overtime. In effect, the policy directive only served to abandon the express contracted reasonableness obligation thereunder which the Corporation is unable to do in this current collective agreement without agreement of the Union. I am remaining seized pending the possibility of the parties making further representations on additional remedy were that to be the situation, and in the event that any further directions or clarification are required.” Tom Jolliffe, Q.C.

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