Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc. / United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 1006A (Previously Local 1000A)
Ontario Ministry of Labour · Labour arbitration (Ontario) · Ontario, Canada · 2019-11-14
Why it matters
A labour arbitration between Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc. and United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 1006A (Previously Local 1000A), on the issue of other. The arbitrator was Janice Johnston. For a student, it is an example of how Ontario's grievance arbitration system resolves disputes under a collective agreement: a neutral arbitrator interprets the agreement and issues a binding award, the everyday machinery of Canadian labour law.
Summary
A labour arbitration between Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc. and United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 1006A (Previously Local 1000A), on the issue of other. The arbitrator was Janice Johnston. For a student, it is an example of how Ontario's grievance arbitration system resolves disputes under a collective agreement: a neutral arbitrator interprets the agreement and issues a binding award, the everyday machinery of Canadian labour law.
The detail
Parties: Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc. and United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, Local 1006A (Previously Local 1000A)
Outcome: See the published award for the arbitrator's decision.
Applicable law: Ontario Labour Relations Act; the parties' collective agreement
Issues in play: Collective agreement interpretation
Read the full decision at Ontario Ministry of Labour ↗
Locus Standi links to the source decision and publishes its own plain-language summary. It does not reproduce the text of the award.