Education Accountability Act, 2000 (Bill 74, May)
The Act imposed a series of terms and conditions of employment on teachers and reduced the scope of matters open to collective bargaining.
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Ontario |
Restrictions on scope of bargaining |
May 2000 |
Public Education Support Staff Collective Bargaining Assistance Act, 2000 (Bill 7, April)
The Act ended a strike by support workers and cleaning staff in public schools and imposed a collective agreement.
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British Columbia |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
April 2000 |
Ground Ambulance Services Act, 1999 (Bill 9, October)
The Act ended a strike and required the ambulance workers to return to work.
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Nova Scotia |
Back to work - dispute sent to arbitration |
October 1999 |
An Act respecting the provision of nursing services and pharmaceutical services, 1999 (Bill 72, July)
The Act ended a strike by nurses, imposed certain terms of a collective agreement and appointed an inquiry by the Essential Services Council into work stoppages by pharmacists.
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Quebec |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
July 1999 |
Budget Implementation Act, 1999 (Bill C-71, June)
The Act suspended the right of federal government employees to use binding arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism during negotiations with Treasury Board in 1999.
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Federal Government |
Restrictions on scope of bargaining |
June 1999 |
An Act to ensure that essential services are provided to the Bureau d’habitation de Montréal, 1999 (Bill 70, June)
The Act suspended the right to strike for workers at the municipal housing office in Montréal.
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Quebec |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
June 1999 |
Resumption of Services (Nurses-SUN) Act, 1999 (Bill 23, April)
The Act ended a strike by nurses, extended the expired collective agreement and imposed a two percent wage increase per year for the following three years.
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Saskatchewan |
Suspension of bargaining rights |
April 1999 |
Health and Community Services Resumption and Continuation Act, 1999 (April)
The Act ended a strike by members of the Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses Union
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Newfoundland and Labrador |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
April 1999 |
Government Services Act, 1999 (Bill C-76, March)
The Act ended rotating strikes by blue-collar federal public service employees, extended the expired collective agreements and permitted the government to set the terms and conditions of employment. It was passed after a tentative agreement to end the dispute had been reached between the parties.
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Federal Government |
Back to work - settlement imposed |
March 1999 |
Prevent Unionization with Respect to Community Participation under the Ontario Works Act, 1998 (Bill 22, December)
The Act prevented workers participating in mandatory “workfare” programs from joining a union, bargaining collectively and/or striking.
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Ontario |
Denial of right to join a union |
December 1998 |
