Case No. 1605 against the Government of New Brunswick

Jurisdiction: 
New Brunswick
Year/Month: 
October 1991
Case status: 
Closed

Expenditure Management Act, 1991 (Bills 73, May)
The Act provided for a one-year wage freeze for public sector employees and imposed restrictions on collective bargaining for the same period.
Submitted by the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) (October 1991).

This legislation was found not to comply with the principles of freedom of association.