A ferry worker who was fired for bullying and harassment and complained to the B.C. Labour Relations Board had his case dismissed last week.
The former B.C. Ferries employee, referred to as B.M. in the legal documents, complained that the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers香蕉视频直播� Union violated the Labour Relations Code by failing to grieve his firing.
He was fired in November 2019, with the ferry corporation outlining in writing the reasons for termination including instances of 香蕉视频直播渆xplosive behaviour, [his] continued disrespectful and intimidating conduct towards [his] co-workers and supervisors and [his] blatant disregard to company policy.香蕉视频直播�
According to the termination letter, B.C. Ferries said the worker made 香蕉视频直播渢hreatening statements香蕉视频直播� about a co-worker, 香蕉视频直播渕isused CCTV security camera access香蕉视频直播� while sending co-workers 香蕉视频直播渙n a wild goose chase,香蕉视频直播� mocked a disabled co-worker and brought another co-worker to tears with an insult.
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A few days after his firing, he was in communication with his union and confirmed that he did not wish to proceed with a grievance regarding his termination, but wished to be reimbursed for a $750 counselling expense claim that he hadn香蕉视频直播檛 filed. He was reimbursed about two months later, at which time he asked if he could change his mind about filing a grievance and was told it was too late.
In B.M.香蕉视频直播檚 complaint to the labour relations board, he suggested that his e-mail correspondence with the union didn香蕉视频直播檛 mean that he had formally agreed not to file a grievance. He took issue with a formal reprimand he received six months before he was fired, and also said being transferred from the Coastal Inspiration at Duke Point to the Coastal Renaissance at Departure Bay 香蕉视频直播渨as a setup to have false allegations brought forth to have me terminated.香蕉视频直播�
The B.C. Labour Relations Board panel, in its decision Oct. 27, found that the union expressly informed B.M. of the review process for grieving his firing. The panel found no evidence supporting B.M.香蕉视频直播檚 claims that the union was motivated to avoid such a process.
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