An arbitrator has ordered the reinstatement of a New Brunswick paper mill worker fired for making harassing comments to an Israeli truck driver, ruling that while the conduct breached the employer’s harassment policy, dismissal went too far. In UNIFOR, Local 523N v. Lake Utopia Paper, arbitrator Guy Couturier, held that Ethan Chamberlain should return to work at Lake Utopia Paper, a division of J.D. Irving, Limited, after serving a four‑month suspension without pay or benefits and completing sensitivity training. Chamberlain, a shipper with about four years’ service, was dismissed on May 7, 2025 for allegedly violating the company’s Safe and Respectful Workplace Policy during an exchange with long‑haul driver Igor Marichev.  “The Board is satisfied that the complainant’s health and safety was threatened by the comments, giving the definition of ‘harassment’ a fair, large and liberal interpretation,” he wrote, finding that the language “meets the definition of harassment, as intended in the policy.”