Essential Services Disputes Act (August 1986)
This Act was invoked to suspend the right to strike for health care workers in August 1986.
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British Columbia |
Suspension of bargaining rights |
August 1986 |
Maintenance of Ports Operations Act, 1986 (Bill C-24, November)
The Act ended a strike by British Columbia dockworkers and imposed a settlement based on a conciliator’s report, including a wage freeze for one year and increases below the level of inflation for the following two years.
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Federal Government |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
November 1986 |
An Act respecting the maintenance of essential services in the health and social services sector, 1986 (Bill 160, November)
The Act ordered employees in the health and social services sector to return to work after a 24-hour strike and imposed a collective agreement on them.
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Quebec |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
November 1986 |
An Act respecting the resumption of certain services of the Université de Québec à Montréal, 1987 (Bill 48, May)
The Act ended a strike by lecturers at the university and extended the collective agreement already in effect.
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Quebec |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
May 1987 |
Labour Code (May 1987)
The government invoked section 111.0.24 of the Code to suspend the right to strike of the Montréal Urban Community Transit Commission in May 1987.
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Quebec |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
May 1987 |
.Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987 (Bill 19, June)
The Act limited successor rights, restricted the definition of “related employer”, established an Industrial Relations Council (IRC) through which the government could declare workers essential and limited the right to strike and secondary picketing.
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British Columbia |
Restrictions on scope of bargaining |
June 1987 |
Maintenance of Railway Operations Act, 1987 (Bill 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.
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Federal Government |
Back to work - dispute sent to arbitration |
August 1987 |
Postal Services Continuation Act, 1987 (Bill C-86, October)
The legislation ended a seven-day strike by postal workers and prohibited further strikes for the duration of the imposed settlement.
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Federal Government |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
October 1987 |
Industrial Relations Act (October 1987)
The government invoked subsections 80(4), 91(5) and 91(6) of the Act to suspend the right to strike for police officers in Newcastle in October 1987.
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New Brunswick |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
October 1987 |
Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Act, 1987 (Bill 53, June)
The Act imposed a mandatory system of province-wide bargaining for employees in the construction sector. It required unions to negotiate a single “master agreement” with employers that would last five years and subsidiary agreements for specific trades that would last two years. Strikes were permitted only where 60 percent of unions and eligible voters were in favour.
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Alberta |
Restrictions on scope of bargaining |
October 1987 |
