Arbitration Circulars – Council On Northern Interior Forest Employment Relations

Arbitration Circulars

The following Conifer Arbitration Circulars posted on this website date back to 1990. When you click on the link for each file a PDF file will open. Each Arbitration Circular includes the Conifer Arbitration Summary along with the resulting arbitration case.

2021 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.

Subject

Date Issued

01/21

Carrier Lumber Ltd - Disciplinary Demotion

Alan Norman Demotion Arbitration

April 7, 2021

2017 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/17	Lakeland Mills Article X - Vacation Arbitration	August 3, 2017

2010 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/10	West Fraser Mills Ltd., Chasm Sawmills, Cut to Length & Technological Change	Nov 17, 2010

2009 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/09	Northstar Lumber, A Division of West Fraser, Working Foreman & Bargaining Unit Work	June 26, 2009

2008 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/08	Northstar Lumber, A Division of West Fraser, Management’s Right to Assign Work - Elimination of Grinderman & Replaces with Circular Saw Filer	May 16, 2008

2007 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/07	Tolko Industries Armstrong Division – Arbitration Decision Supports Industry’s Position that Strict Trade Lines Do Not Exist in the Wood Products Manufacturing Industry	January 17, 2007
02/07	Houston Forest Products - 3rd Shift Grievance & What Constitutes an "Established Shift"	October 25, 2007

2006 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/06	Canadian Forest Products North Central Plywood – PPWC – Emergency Clause	May 9, 2006

2005 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/05	Labour Board Dismisses Allegation Union did not Fairly Represent	January 24, 2005
02/05	Tolko Industries Ltd., Questwood – Consent Award – Employer’s Right to Terminate Sick or Injured Employees for Non-Culpable Reasons for Excessive Absenteeism	May 19, 2005
03/05	Houston Forest Products – Wrongful Termination of a Probationary Employee Upheld.	June 3, 2005
02/05	Arbitration Circular Correction Notice Circular 02/05 – Employer’s Right to Terminate Sick or Injured Employees for Non-Culpable Reasons for Excessive Absenteeism	July 18, 2005

2004 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/04	Dunkley Lumber – Arbitration Decision Supports Management’s Right to Supervise and Direct the Workforce and Manage Job Assignment Issues	November 22, 2004
02/04	Revised Rotating Panel of Arbitrators for Conifer Member Companies	December 23, 2004

2003 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/03	Fraser Lake Sawmills – Significant Impairment Test Overturned by British Columbia Labour Relations Board	January 21, 2003
02/03	West Fraser Mills (Skeena Division) – Arbitration Based On the Company’s Request for Enhanced Medical Information Before Allowing an Injured Employee to Return to Work	January 31, 2003
03/03	Slocan Plateau – Hours of Work and Applicable Overtime Rates for Hours Worked on Sundays	March 26, 2003
04/03	Weyerhaeuser Princeton – Legal Opinion – Implementation of a Third Production Shift – Weyerhaeuser Arbitration – Graveyard 8.5 Hours Overlapping Shift	June 2, 2003
05/03	Scheduled Arbitrations for Conifer Member Companies	June 2, 2003
06/03	Canadian Woodworks – Arbitrations Supporting Employer’s Right to Hold Employee Out of Service Pending Better Medical Certificates, And the Obligation of the Company to be Very Clear to Employees of Their Expectations in Terms of Medical Notes	July 14, 2003

2001 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/01	Slocan Quesnel – Tuesday to Saturday Cleanup Shift Interpretation	February 5, 2001
02/01	Donohue Forest Products Ltd. (Abitibi) Article V, Section 4 – First Aid Attendants	August 3, 2001

2000 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
01/00	Slocan Quesnel – Application of Article XVI, Section 7, Contractors – Kiln Cart Work	January 13, 2000
02/00	Conifer and IWA – Interpretation – Bereavement Leave	May 8, 2000

1998 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/98	Slocan Quesnel – Allocation of Overtime	June 25, 1998
2/98	Northern Engineered Wood Products – Discharge – Violation of a Last Chance Agreement	June 25, 1998
3/98	Slocan Quesnel – Deliberate Impediment of Production – Conflicting Evidence	September 1, 1998

1997 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/97	Finlay Forest Industries – Job Posting – Job Training – Seniority – Bumping	March 20, 1997
2/97	Fraser Lake Sawmills – Hours of Work – 3 Shift Operation – Established Graveyard Shift Hours	March 21, 1997
3/97	Finlay Forest Industries – Discontinuation of Incentive Pay	August 23, 1997
4/97	Slocan Plateau – Discharge of Probationary Employee – Casual Work vis-à-vis Probationary Work Time	August 23, 1997

1996 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/96	Tackama Forest Products Discharge – Failure to Lock-Out	March 11, 1996
2/96	Slocan Plateau – Contracting Out	March 11, 1996
3/96	Finlay Forest Industries – Discharge – Failure to Lock-Out	April 9, 1996
4/96	Canadian Forest Products – Reduction of Forces – Emergency Conditions	April 9, 1996

1995 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/95	Tackama Forest Products – Suspension – Absent Without Leave (AWOL) – Alleged Stress Related Reason	July 12, 1995

1993 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/93	Canadian Forest Products – Hiring Preference	February 4, 1993
2/93	Canadian Forest Products – Discharge – Failure to Meet Terms of an Agreement Between Company, the Union and the Employee – Absenteeism, Poor Work Record Due to Alcoholism	February 4, 1993
3/93	Northwood Pulp & Timber – Working Foremen	February 4, 1993
4/93	Finlay Forest Industries – Discharge – Consistent Disregard by Call List Employee for Calls-in to Work	February 4, 1993
5/93	Northwood Pulp & Timber – Reduction of Forces – Work Reassignment – Election to Bump or Take Layoff	July 29, 1993
6/93	Northwood Pulp & Timber – Contracting Out	July 30, 1993

1992 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/92	West Coast Cellufibre – Discharge – Inability to Attend Work on a Regular Basis – Non Culpable	April 3, 1992
2/92	Canadian Forest Products Ltd, Fort Saint John Division – Discharge – Impairment At Work	April 3, 1992
3/92	Northwood Pulp & Timber Ltd., - Competency to Bump During Layoff	April 3, 1992

1991 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/91	Mill & Timber Products Ltd., - Discharge – Abuse of Sick Leave	January 10, 1991
2/91	Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Netherlands Division., Recall From Layoff – Seniority	May 30, 1991
3/91	Canadian Forest Products Ltd., Netherlands Oversees Division, Recall From Layoff – Seniority	May 30, 1991

1990 Conifer Arbitration Circulars

Arbitration No.	Subject	Date Issued
1/90	Pinette & Therrien Mills – Discharge – Culminating Incident – Late for Work	January 2, 1990
2/90	Balfour Forest Products – Discharge – Culminating Incident – AWOL	January 2, 1990
3/90	Terminal Forest Products – Discharge – Fraud	January 2, 1990
4/90	Westar Timber Ltd., - Discharge – Absenteeism and Poor Work Performance Due to Alcoholism	January 2, 1990
5/90	Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd., - Hours of Work – 3 Shift Operations – Interpretation	January 2, 1990
6/90	Doman Forest Products Ltd., - Discharge – Abuse of Sick Leave	December 4, 1990
7/90	Northwood Pulp and Timber Ltd., - Piece-Work Rates – Car Loading	December 4, 1990