Misconduct included unsafe reversing of vehicle, damaging equipment and lying about it; just cause despite two decades of service for city of Hamilton, Ont.
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A municipal garbage collector who violated standard operating procedures, tried to cover it up and then justify it was deserving of dismissal, according to an Ontario arbitrator.