Quebec tables bill to limit strikes; union says it’s a ‘declaration of war’

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Quebec unions, opposition parties decry bill that would force striking employees back to work

If passed, Bill 89 would allow the Quebec government to maintain services that it considers important to the well-being of the population in the event of a strike or a lockout.

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Quebec Tables Bill to Limit Strikes

The Quebec government has tabled a new bill to limit the duration of strikes and lockouts. Tabled today by Labour Minister Jean Boulet, the bill aims to protect services required to maintain “social, economic and environmental security,” especially of vulnerable people. Boulet says his bill would cover sectors that aren’t already subject to the province’s essential services act, which regulates labour relations in areas such as health care and t…

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Quebec tables bill to limit strikes; union says it's a 'declaration of war'

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has tabled a new bill to limit the duration of strikes and lockouts. Tabled today by Labour Minister Jean Boulet, the bill aims to protect services required to maintain “social, economic and environmental security,” especially of vulnerable people. Boulet says his bill would cover sectors that aren’t already subject to […]

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Minister of Labour Jean Boulet will introduce a bill on this subject.

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CCLA Opposes New Limits on Right to Strike

MONTREAL — Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, Director of the Fundamental Freedoms Program at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), made the following statement: We are deeply alarmed by the content of Bill 89 introduced this week by the Quebec government. This bill is a direct attack on the right to strike. Bill 89 authorizes the Administrative Labour Tribunal to limit the right to strike of some employees providing “services ensuring the wel…

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The Syndicat des travailleurs de l'éducation de l'Est du Québec waits for the Minister of Labour to be firm with his reform. Let us recall that the Legault government wants to limit the right to strike and lock-out. In this sense, Minister Jean Boulet has tabled a bill that would allow him to pass a decree, in order to force the parties to hear in fifteen days about the services that the government wishes to maintain. The Minister of Labour assu…