On December 16 the Employees’ Voting Rights Act was adopted. It modifies the union certification and decertification process in certain sectors (telecommunications, transport and others). This law marks another stage in the cooling relations between the unions and Stephen Harper’s government.
On December 16 the Canadian Senate adopted a law that modifies other laws governing union recognition in federally regulated activities including telecommunications and rail and air transport. Up until now union certification could occur automatically when a majority of workers had signed their union membership cards. The new law, C-525, puts in place a secret ballot voting system intended to protect workers from intimidation who may be opposed to unionization. The new law also sets out a new p
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