The Labor Law Insider: How Arbitrations Help Preserve Labor-Management Peace, Part II
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Deflating the Union Rat
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In Purolator Inc. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers, 2025 ONCA 565, a split Court of Appeal for Ontario addressed whether a company that is not itself in a labour dispute must proceed under the specialized labour-injunction...more
Unionized employers in British Columbia that operate across multiple provinces should take note of a recent decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the “Court”) in Gate Gourmet Canada Inc. v Unite Here, Local 40,...more
The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that containerized imports will continue their unseasonably high volumes through the end of the year, as both November and December imports are projected to be up nearly 15% from...more
On April 4, 2022, in Extendicare Lynde Creek Retirement Residence and United Food & Commercial Workers Canada, Local 175, Arbitrator Stephen Raymond upheld a retirement home’s mandatory vaccination policy as a reasonable...more
In De Facendis v. Toronto Parking Authority, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice held that when a claim for workplace sexual harassment and workplace sexual assault “arises under the collective agreement,” a labour...more
The United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) is noteworthy for its novel “facility specific rapid response labor mechanism” (the Rapid Response Mechanism or Mechanism). The Mechanism permits the United States or...more
Amendments to Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), originating in Bill 3, came into force on December 17, 2014. As discussed in our November 2014 Blakes Bulletin: Privacy Exceptions for Picketing: Alberta's...more