After Air Canada strike, Section 107 of labour code is ‘dead,’ says union leader
- A union leader stated that Section 107 of the labor code is 'effectively dead' following the Air Canada strike.
- The union leader believes this sends a message that agreements are best reached at the bargaining table.
- The union leader described Section 107 as an impediment to reaching agreements.
- The union leader called for the complete removal of Section 107 and hopes it will never be used again.
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Jean Boulet expressed reservations about the Ottawa intervention, which imposed a return to work on Air Canada flight attendants a few hours after the strike began on Saturday. Although the strike was contested, the Minister of Labour felt that his new law did not go so far.
This would have been demonstrated by Air Canada flight attendants' mistrust of the return-to-work order.
After Air Canada strike, Section 107 of labour code is ’dead,’ says union leader
OTTAWA -- A rare show of defiance by Air Canada flight attendants in the face of a back-to-work order from the government has proven the ineffectiveness of the section of Canada's labour code that allows a minister to order the end to a strike or lockout, the president of the Canadian Labour Congress said.
After Air Canada strike, Section 107 of labour code is ‘dead,’ says union leader
A rare show of defiance by Air Canada flight attendants in the face of a back-to-work order from the government has proven the ineffectiveness of the section of Canada’s labour code that allows a minister to order the end to a strike or lockout, the president of the Canadian Labour Congress said.

After Air Canada strike, Section 107 of labour code is 'dead,' says union leader
OTTAWA — A rare show of defiance by Air Canada flight attendants in the face of a back-to-work order from the government has proven the ineffectiveness of the section of Canada's labour code that allows a minister to order the end to a strike or lock
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