Re Corporation of the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79

Preliminary Issue relating to arbitrability of judicial inquiry report. Report admissible. Employee grievances alleging discriminatory demotion and discharge without reasonable cause contrary to art. 2.01 of the collective agreement between the parties in force from January 1, 1977 until December 31, 1977. Grievor seeks reinstatement to his former position without loss of salary, seniority or benefits and to have the alleged incident stricken from his record

Re Int\u27l Ass\u27n of Machinists and Gabriel of Canada Ltd

Employee Grievance alleging improper demotion. Only the portions of the award dealing with a preliminary objection are published. Preliminary objection: On a preliminary objection Mr. Williamson argued that there was no basis under the collective agreement upon which this board of arbitration could interfere with the company\u27s decision to demote the grievor for lack of skill and ability. Article 3, it was argued, puts the matter entirely in the hands of the company

Re Corporation of the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79

Employee Grievance alleging unjust discharge. On October 13, 1977, the grievor, Brian Risdon, was demoted from the position of chief plumbing inspector for the City of Toronto, which he had held since January 23, 1970, to plumbing inspector. On October 14, 1977, he was discharged. The evidence is that prior to the events which gave rise to this demotion and then discharge the grievor had never been disciplined, or even criticized by his superiors in the department of buildings of the City of Toronto, for the way he did his job

Re Corporation of the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79

Supplementary Award relating to remedies for unjust discharge. Reinstatement ordered

Re Corporation of the City of Toronto and Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 79

Preliminary motion relating to admissibility of evidence. On October 13, and 14, 1977, Brian Risdon filed grievances un­der the collective agreement between the parties. In the first he alleged that he had been discriminatorily demoted and sought re­instatement to his former position without loss of salary, senior­ity or benefits. In the second he alleged that he had been dismissed without reasonable cause and disciplined twice for the same alleged conduct and sought reinstatement without loss of benefits, wages or seniority and to have the alleged incident stricken from his record. Both grievances were finally denied by letters of January 30, 1978, signed by R. S. W. Rae, director of la­bour relations for the city

Riparian Meadow Response to Modern Conservation Grazing Management.

Riparian meadows occupy a small proportion of the public lands in the western United States but they provide numerous ecosystem services, including the production of high-quality forage for livestock grazing. Modern conservation management strategies (e.g., reductions in livestock stocking rates and adoption of new riparian grazing standards) have been implemented to better balance riparian conservation and livestock production objectives on publicly managed lands. We examined potential relationships between long-term changes in plant community, livestock grazing pressure and environmental conditions at two spatial scales in meadows grazed under conservation management strategies. Changes in plant community were not associated with either livestock stocking rate or precipitation at the grazing allotment (i.e., administrative) scale. Alternatively, both grazing pressure and precipitation had significant, albeit modest, associations with changes in plant community at the meadow (i.e., ecological site) scale. These results suggest that reductions in stocking rate have improved the balance between riparian conservation and livestock production goals. However, associations between elevation, site wetness, precipitation, and changes in plant community suggest that changing climate conditions (e.g., reduced snowpack and changes in timing of snowmelt) could trigger shifts in plant communities, potentially impacting both conservation and agricultural services (e.g., livestock and forage production). Therefore, adaptive, site-specific management strategies are required to meet grazing pressure limits and safeguard ecosystem services within individual meadows, especially under more variable climate conditions