Case No. 1616 against the Government of Canada

Jurisdiction: 
Federal Government
Year/Month: 
December 1991
Case status: 
Closed

Public Sector Compensation Act, 1991 (Bills C-29, October)

The Act ended a strike by members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), extended existing contracts for a two-year period with no wage increase in the first year and a three percent wage increase in the second year and suspended collective bargaining for a three-year period.

Submitted by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) (December 1991).
This legislation was found not to comply with the principles of freedom of association.