A recent decision by an Ontario arbitrator found in favour of a small airline whose newly unionized pilots filed a grievance.
The employer, Skylink Express, had assigned the pilots cargo loading and offloading duty, which it said they had always done, but the union alleged a violation of the collective agreement.
The decision in favour of Unifor Local 2002 hinged on language of the management rights provision and other descriptions of work to be performed by the pilots, but came down to a simple lack of evidence.
