Here are links to the cases assigned under Topic 4, Day Three (Contrasting Union and Non-Union Workplaces”. Please print them out and read them before our next class (date yet unknown).
Theft and Dishonesty
McKinley v. B.C. Tel (2001), 200 D.L.R. (4th) 385 (Supreme Court of Canada)
Read paragraphs 1-15 (facts) and 27-58 (analysis of test for theft in common law)
Richardson Terminals (1998), 85 L.A.C. (4th) 104 (theft in the unionized environment)
Video Surveillance
Lenworth Metal Products (1999), 80 L.A.C. (4th) 426 (right of Er to install surveillance camera in unionized environment – Note: I had the wrong citation on the course outline)
Progressive Discipline
Carscallen v. FRI Corp. ((2005), Ont. Superior Court of Justice) (Can a non-union employer suspend an employee without pay discipline?)
Galco Foods (1974), 7 L.A.C. (2d) 350 (serious threat against supervisor not grounds for dismissal)