Termination excessive for picket line behaviour

The grievor was fired for threatening workers crossing a picket line and making other, less specific, threats. The arbitrator reinstated him, allowing that the circumstances of the strike mitigated the penalty.

A striking worker was fired following an unscheduled, late-night appearance at a picket line where he got drunk, made threats and hurled abuse at workers who crossed the line.

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