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Canada labour board orders rail workers and employers to resume operations

The Canada Industrial Labour Relations Board (CIRB) Saturday ended unprecedented nationwide rail shutdowns by ordering a return to normal operations as of August 26. Both employers and union have ...
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Canada port strike averted as labour board rules union notice illegal

The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) ruled on Sunday that a strike notice by ship and dock foremen at western Canadian ports violated the Canada Labour Code, effectively averting a disruption ...
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Canada: Bill C-58’s Ban on Use of Replacement Workers in Strikes or Lockouts in Federally Regulated Workplaces to Become Effective on June 20, 2025

On June 20, 2024, Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012 (Bill C-58) received Royal Assent. Bill C-58, which will go into effect ...
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Pensions and Leaves of Absences – No Extension of Canada Labour Code Protections to Other Retirement or Savings Plans

In the decision of WestJet Encore v ALPA, dated March 31, 2025, Arbitrator Kaplan held that a Canada Labour Code (the “Code”) provision which requires that pension (as well as health and disability) ...
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How an act of defiance by Air Canada's flight attendants was a win for labour rights

The successful defiance of a hotly contested piece of Canada's Labour Code has boosted hope for worker rights in the country, labour advocates say. The union and its thousands of striking Air Canada ...