Whether it’s nationally or locally, binding arbitration is coming up in labour disputes – and unions are crying foul.
Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon sent railway workers and operators into binding arbitration last month, following a lockout that shut down Canada’s railways on August 22.
Here in Montreal, McGill’s law professors are on the picket line but say their right to strike will be at risk once binding arbitration progresses.
Sociologist Barry Eidlin joins CKUT to discuss whether arbitration is being used to tip the scales of bargaining in favour of employers, and what the government’s role is in applying labour law.
