Parliament security labour standoff nearing end of the road

Long-awaited collective agreements are finally being settled with the unions representing Parliament’s security officers, just in time for a new round of talks.

House of Commons protection officers are pictured wearing baseball caps, which are part of their unions' ongoing labour protest actions, in the West Block building on Dec. 3.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

December 4, 2019

As Parliament returns, MPs new and old may notice House of Commons security officers are still donning personal baseball caps and small white patches as part of a labour dispute that’s been ongoing since 2017—but an end is soon in sight. On Oct. 23, the Federal Public Service Labour Relations a...

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