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Canada: Government reduces number of unions by 92%

By  |  January 19, 2015

Arbitrator James Dorsey in Nova Scotia ruled on Monday that the number of bargaining units representing healthcare workers can be reduced from 50 to merely 4. However, Dorsey postponed his decision on which union will represent the workers until February 2, after which hearings will resume.

Some of the unions have protested the new structure is unconstitutional as it denied freedom of association provisions of the charter, but Dorsey rejected those arguments. Under the new structure, there will be separate unions for nurses, support staff, clerical workers and healthcare workers. When the new structure takes effect on April 1, the four unions will represent approximately 24,000 healthcare workers.

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