Alberta Union of Provincial Employees et al. v. Public Service Grievance Board and Alberta, (1977) 3 A.R. 239 (TD)

JudgeHope, J.
CourtCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
Case DateFebruary 14, 1977
Citations(1977), 3 A.R. 239 (TD)

AUPE v. Public Service Grievance Bd. (1977), 3 A.R. 239 (TD)

MLB headnote and full text

Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, Smith, Kyjala and Stannard v. Public Service Grievance Board and Province of Alberta

Indexed As: Alberta Union of Provincial Employees et al. v. Public Service Grievance Board and Alberta

Alberta Supreme Court

Trial Division

Judicial District of Edmonton

Hope, J.

February 14, 1977.

Summary:

This headnote contains no summary.

Labour Law - Topic 9161

Public service labour relations - Discipline and dismissal of civil servants - What constitutes a dismissal - Whether an employee was entitled to grieve pursuant to a grievance procedure in a collective agreement - Whether the employee was dismissed - Without permission a civil servant sold Alberta Government goods to raise money for a Christmas party - The employee resigned when offered the alternative of resignation or dismissal - The Alberta Supreme Court, Trial Division, held that the employee was not dismissed within the meaning of the collective agreement and, accordingly, could not file a valid grievance.

Cases Noticed:

Re U.S.W. Local 7551 and Precision Valve (Canada) Ltd. (1972), 23 L.A.C. 131, dist. [para. 10].

University of Guelph v. C.U.P.E. Local 1333 (1973), 2 L.A.C.(2d) 357, folld. [para. 11].

Re U.A.W. Local 1256 and Long Manufacture & Co. Ltd. (1963), 13 L.A.C. 415, folld. [para. 11].

Counsel:

W.J. Johnson, for the applicants;

A.P. Hnatiuk, for the respondents.

The judgment of the Alberta Supreme Court was delivered by HOPE, J., at Edmonton, Alberta on February 14, 1977.

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  • Thompson v. Sawyer, Calgary Police Commission and Calgary (City), (1986) 68 A.R. 311 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 24, 1986
    ...No. 52 (1985), 61 A.R. 225, refd to. [para. 23]. Alberta Union of Provincial Employees et al. v. Public Service Grievance Board et al. (1977), 3 A.R. 239; 5 Alta. L.R.(2d) 289, dist. [para. Thiessen v. Leduc, [1975] 4 W.W.R. 387, dist. [para. 26]. Hunt v. Cimco Ltd. (1977), 2 A.R. 514, dist......
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  • Thompson v. Sawyer, Calgary Police Commission and Calgary (City), (1986) 68 A.R. 311 (QB)
    • Canada
    • Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta (Canada)
    • March 24, 1986
    ...No. 52 (1985), 61 A.R. 225, refd to. [para. 23]. Alberta Union of Provincial Employees et al. v. Public Service Grievance Board et al. (1977), 3 A.R. 239; 5 Alta. L.R.(2d) 289, dist. [para. Thiessen v. Leduc, [1975] 4 W.W.R. 387, dist. [para. 26]. Hunt v. Cimco Ltd. (1977), 2 A.R. 514, dist......

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