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Why Buying Union-Made Matters—Now More Than Ever

These past few months, I’ve heard from countless workers across Canada—skilled tradespeople, factory workers, hospitality staff, healthcare aides—who are feeling the pinch. Jobs are being lost. Hours are being cut. Economic uncertainty, driven by global instability and exploitative trade practices, is making life harder for working people across the country. Many of these challenges are […]

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The Benefits of Forming a Trade Union

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A trade union is an organized group of employees who come together to advocate for better working conditions and to protect their interests and rights. Forming a trade union offers employees a myriad of advantages that can significantly enhance their working conditions, job security, and overall satisfaction through negotiations of employment terms and conditions with

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What Are the Steps to Forming a Trade Union in Canada

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What Are the Initial Steps to Forming a Trade Union? Forming a trade union in Canada involves a series of steps that are governed by specific laws and regulations. The first step is to gather a group of employees who share common interests and are willing to form a union. This group, often referred to

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Navigating Workplace Grievances for Union Employees

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What is a grievance? A grievance is a complaint that is filed by the employee directly or by the Union on behalf of an employee to inform the employer of a breach of the employee’s rights under a collective agreement or under legislation. Typically, the grievance process is outlined in the collective agreement and includes different steps,

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Work Now, Grieve Later for Unionized Employees

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What should I do if my boss tells me to do something that is not part of my regular job? If an employee disagrees with a manager’s decision, they generally have to follow the order first and then address their concern through the formal complaint process provided under the collective agreement, i.e., the grievance procedure.

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Looking to unionize your workplace in BC? It just got easier!

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Employees north and south of the Canadian border are making news by unionizing their workplaces. Amazon and Starbucks are just two examples of powerful, multinational corporate employers now facing a more level playing field when negotiating the wages and working conditions of many of their workers. Workers who are unionized have better wages, working conditions, and job security. The

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Union and Collective Agreement: The Best “Insurance Policy” Against Wrongful Dismissal

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In non-unionized employment, an employer has the unilateral authority to terminate an employee’s employment for “cause” or for no cause at all! If no cause exists, the employer may terminate the employment relationship by providing “reasonable notice” or pay in lieu thereof that may be as little as the minimum termination pay under employment standards

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5 Reasons Why Your Workplace Needs to Unionize

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Why Your Workplace Needs to Unionize In a non-unionized workplace, the terms and conditions of the employee’s employment are governed through oral or written employment contract between the employee and the employer, and employment standards legislation. In a unionized workplace, however, a trade union that has been chosen by the majority of the employees will

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Introduction to Labour Relations Process

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The labour relations process that produces a union-management relationship consists of three phases: union organizing, negotiating a collective agreement, and administering or enforcing the collective agreement. Phase One of Labour Relations Process: Union Organizing In phase one of the labour relations process, a non-union employer becomes unionized through an organizing campaign. The campaign starts either

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