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Whatever happened to the "right to strike"?

This was a question that union counsel put to me yesterday in the course of a hearing at the OLRB.  He was commenting on the announced plans to implement return-to-work legislation in relation to the...

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Feds Introduce "Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act"

On June 21, 2011, the federal government introduced Bill C-6, the Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act to bring an end to the Canada Post labour dispute that had commenced with rotating strikes on...

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Reflections on the Fraser Decision: Six Weeks Later

It has now been six weeks since the release of the Supreme Court’s long awaited decision in Ontario (Attorney General) v. Fraser. The Court’s ruling that upheld Ontario’s Agricultural Employees...

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US Steel Hamilton lockout finally ends, with predictable outcome

On October 15, 2011, workers at US Steel's "Hilton Works" in Hamilton voted to accept the Company's final offer, ending a lockout that had begun over 11 months earlier.  This lockout represented the...

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CIRB: No unlawful lockout or violation of duty to bargain when employer...

The Canada Industrial Relations Board (“CIRB”) recently held that an employer’s unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment after the end of the statutory freeze period did not constitute...

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Ontario NDP tables Bill capping length of strikes and lockouts, imposing...

Today the NDP MPP from Essex, Taras Natyshak, tabled an amendment to the Labour Relations Act that would allow unions (and employers) to apply for interest arbitration in a long lockout (or strike)...

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Sonia Regenbogen debates Bill 115: Putting Students First Act

The challenge raised by the Ontario teachers’ unions over the Ontario Government’s Bill 115, the “Putting Students First Act”, is headed to the Courts. On The Agenda with Steve Paikin, Steve Paikin sat...

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Enseignantes et enseignants : les « manifestations politiques » sont aussi...

Dans une décision rendue aux petites heures du matin vendredi dernier, le président de la Commission des relations de travail de l’Ontario (« CRTO »), Bernard Fishbein, a tranché que les manifestations...

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