In Alberta, the Redford Government just passed one of the most offensive and blatant attacks on labour that we have ever seen. It is uniquely focused on the civil service unions in the province, but that does little to ameliorate the degree of wrong that Bills 45 and 46 represent to Alberta’s workers.
In Saskatchewan, the government recently passed another batch of legislation which very directly attacks organized labour.
Then, in Ottawa, the Harper Government is set to pass its own legislation designed to undermine Canada’s unions.
All of these laws ultimately are aimed at dismantling the ability of (Read more…)