The board found the union acted with blatant disregard for her interests
For 25 years, a City of Calgary worker showed up and did a job she was never formally hired to do. In March 2024, it ended. In a ruling dated March 4, 2026, Alberta Labour Relations Board Vice Chair Gordon Nekolaichuk found her union, CUPE Local 37, had breached its duty of fair representation under section 153(1) of Alberta's Labour Relations Code, leaving her on long-term disability with no return to work in sight.
Loreto Walton joined the City of Calgary in 1991 as a seasonal labourer. In 2008, she was selected for a meter service worker position with Water Services, but the City gave her a different role before she started: working in the water meter warehouse on office duties, including ordering supplies, and managing rental agreements for City-owned Hydrant Control Units.
After a 2012 location move, she was given a desk in an office, but no formal reclassification followed. A 2018 job evaluation questionnaire review produced no change. In 2022, a senior meter clerk position was posted. Walton believed she had been performing those duties but was not aware of the posting until quite late and did not apply.
By June 2023, she brought her concerns to Local 37's Vice President, Robin Orsulak. Walton testified he was not interested and focused instead on an unrelated issue involving her supervisor. Nothing was done. Dissatisfied with the response she was getting from Orsulak, Walton escalated in...
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