The B.C. coal mine project at the centre of the temporary foreign worker program dispute is being put on hold. The Globe and Mail reports that the temporary foreign workers hired for HD Mining’s Murray River project have left Tumbler Ridge and returned to China. The mine site is being put into “care and maintenance” …
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Koskie Glavin Gordon Welcomes New Partner
Koskie Glavin Gordon is delighted to announce that Murphy Fries has joined the partnership, effective January 1, 2016. As a valued member of our team since 2007, Murphy has a wealth of experience representing unions and workers in a wide range of workplace disputes. She regularly appears before labour arbitrators and the B.C. Labour Relations …
— Read MoreU.S. Arbitrator Upholds Lifetime Job Guarantee Agreements Negotiated 35 years ago
Koskie Glavin Gordon partner Anthony Glavin persuaded Palo Alto, California arbitrator, John Kagel, that Lifetime Job Guarantee agreements affecting Pressmen and a Mailer were applicable in the context of a contracting out of the employer’s presses. Anthony was ably assisted by Carol Whittome on the file. The Lifetime Job Guarantees were negotiated in 1979 between …
— Read MoreWCAT finds employer threatened employees contrary to the Workers’ Compensation Act
Koskie Glavin Gordon successfully represented two transit operators in companion cases recently released by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal. The transit operators had taken time off for medical conditions which the employer acknowledged were legitimate. Nevertheless, the employer sent the operators repeated letters threatening their termination if they “continued to miss work for any reason”. …
— Read MorePartner Charles Gordon honoured for defending rights of migrant workers
Koskie Glavin Gordon is pleased to announce that firm partner Charles Gordon has been selected as one of the recipients of the International Solidarity Award by CoDevelopment Canada. This year’s award will be presented to the “Defenders of Justice for Migrant Workers,” including the Construction and Specialized Workers’ Union Local 116, the BC Building Trades, …
— Read MoreIan Kennedy called to the Bar of British Columbia
Koskie Glavin Gordon congratulates Ian Kennedy on his recent call to the Bar of British Columbia. Ian articled with the firm after clerking at the B.C. Supreme Court for several judges, including Chief Justice Robert Bauman. We are pleased that Ian will continue with the firm as an Associate.
— Read MoreUnfair Labour Practice Complaint Results in Remedial Union Certification
Congratulations to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 230 for being awarded a remedial certification by the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia. The Union was represented by Daniel Bertrand of Koskie Glavin Gordon. The case, Anchor Cove –and– Storm Coast –and– IBEW Local No. 230, BCLRB No. B91/2014, involved an employer who dismissed …
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