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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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Enforcing employers’ demands, Canada’s Liberal government decrees end to port disputes

On Tuesday morning, federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon, invoking provisions of the pro-employer Canada Labour Code, instructed the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to end work ...
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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 ...