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Montreal dockworkers hold 1-day strike to put pressure on employer
Port of Montreal longshore workers held a three-day strike outside the Maisonneuve Termont terminal in Montreal at the end of September. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press) Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal walked off the job early Sunday for a one-day strike aimed at putting pressure on their employer amid difficult contract talks. The union representing nearly 1,200 longshore workers at the country’s second biggest port served notice Thursday for a complete work stoppage from 7 a.m. Sunday until Monday morning. The move comes on top of an ongoing strike onRead more
RCMP, other employers exploiting human rights ‘loophole’ to stall complaints, lawyer claims
CHRC waived requirement for military members earlier this year An employment and human rights lawyer says organizations like the RCMP are exploiting a “loophole” to prevent employees in federally regulated workplaces from taking their cases directly to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. The Canadian Human Rights Act allows the commission to deny complaints if the complainant “failed to exhaust” the review process that was reasonably available to them. “At this point it’s a loophole that’s getting abused by organizations to indefinitely stall people’s right to access justice and hold them accountable forRead more