Case No. 1438 against the Government of Canada

Jurisdiction: 
Federal Government
Year/Month: 
March 1988
Case status: 
Closed

Maintenance of Railway Operations Act, 1987 (Bills C-85, August)

The Act ended a five-day strike by railway workers and ordered employees to return to work, extended the expired collective agreement and provided for arbitration.
Submitted by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) (February 1988).
This legislation was found not to comply with the principles of freedom of association.