Arbitrator doesn’t fault West Fraser Mills for firing worker who uttered death threat

Arbitrator doesn’t fault West Fraser Mills for firing worker who uttered death threat

West Fraser Mills was justified in firing a 100 Mile Lumber worker two years ago for uttering a death threat to co-workers, according to an arbitrator’s Jan. 2 decision under the Labour Relations Code. Randall Noonan rejected the grievance by United Steelworkers Local 1-2017 on behalf of Clayton Kinder, who denied telling co-workers that he “could kill people in the sawmill.” A new worker, Tristen Owen, testified at a hearing last September that…