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Random Drug & Alcohol Testing Struck Down at Teck Coal
February 1 2018 This week, a senior arbitrator in British Columbia ruled that Tech Coal’s random drug and alcohol testing policy violated the collective agreement with the United Steelworkers…
Attempt to Use Fake Unions to Block Real Union Fails in Alberta
A central premise underlying Canadian collective bargaining law is that employees should have the right to select both (1) whether to join a union and opt for collective over individual…
How Bill 148 Creates the Means and the Incentive for Building Services Employees to Join Unions
I have written a couple of explanatory posts (see here and here) on Ontario’s new Bill 148 legislation, which amends parts of the Employment Standards Act, Labour Relations Act, and Occupational Health…
College Instructors Overwhelmingly Reject Employers’ “Final Offer”. Now What?
November 16 2017 The college instructors represented by OPSEU have soundly rejected the College Employer Council’s proposed collective agreement put to them in a forced “final offer vote”. The 5…
Major Graduate Student Symposium on Labour Issues at York
The Global Labour Research Centre (of which I am a faculty associate) at York University is hosting its annual Graduate Student Symposium on October 26-27. Looks like a great line…
To My American Friends: How Canada’s High Court Dealt with a Janus-Like Union Dues Challenge
A potentially explosive antiunion decision from the highly politicized and polarized US Supreme Court may be coming down the pipes. The Court agreed to hear an appeal in a case called Janus…
Canada Demands US End “Right to Work” Laws in NAFTA Talks
There was an interesting development over the weekend in the NAFTA re-negotiations. Canada’s negotiating team put a demand on the table that the US effectively end so-called “right to work”…
On Bill 148′s Labour Relations Act Reforms, Little to Get Excited Over
After much fanfare and public consultation, the Changing Workplaces Review was released in May 2017. Some 150 pages of that report was devoted to the Labour Relations Act and the mission…
Vacuousness of CSR on Display in Loblaws’ Victory in Rana Plaza Class Action Lawsuit
Last week, Justice Paul Perell, my former Property Law prof, dismissed a $2 billion class action lawsuit filed against Loblaws and Joe Fresh by victims of the infamous Rana Plaza…
The First Labour Law Research Network Festive in Prince Edward County is a Wrap
I spent this week at the premier labour law conference in the world organized by the Labour Law Research Network (LLRN), and this year the conference was held in my…
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