On February 8, 2023, Koskie Glavin Gordon successfully represented the Union of B.C. Performers (UBCP) at the British Columbia Court of Appeal. The decision concerned UBCP’s right to direct its benefits trust, and thereby allow UBCP members to transfer their benefits and certain assets held under trust, to an alternative benefits provider that serves both UBCP and …
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Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association
Anthony Glavin and Rob De Luca win a $10,000,000 award for the Union in a case involving Bargaining Compensation Comparability with the BC Nurses Union. The arbitrator found that the HSPBA had successfully established “Me Too” claim when comparing benefit regimes with BCNU. The award (just shy of $10,000,000) required payment of interest in accordance …
— Read MoreHD Mining coal mine project put on hold
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” …
— Read MoreBC Human Rights Tribunal Denies Tim Hortons’ application to dismiss human rights complaint on behalf of Fernie workers
In December of 2013 a group of workers at a Tim Hortons location in Fernie, BC approached the media and revealed allegations of abuses by their employer. The workers were originally from the Philippines, and had come to Canada through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. That month a representative human rights complaint was filed on …
— Read MoreProvinces Say Temporary Foreign Worker Program Still Has Problems
The Globe and Mail reports that the new Federal Labour Minister is considering further changes to the TFW Program in light of complaints from her provincial counterparts that the provinces are not being given details about the workers coming in, such as where the TFWs are working. “It’s for us to know where these workers …
— Read MoreHD Mining Case Results in Changes to Restrict Access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Although the Federal Court has dismissed the judicial review application brought by the Construction and Specialized Workers’ Union, Local 1611 and the International Union of Operating Engineers. Local 115, the case has achieved the larger goal of restricting the rampant use of temporary foreign workers while Canadians remain available for work. The Federal Government has …
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