If labour dispute goes ‘sideways’ it could derail Liberal cabinet retreat, says Nanos

If the union decides to ‘kick and scream’ in the face of binding arbitration, it could take steps that would lead to trains not running, says labour law expert Bruce Curran.
Steven MacKinnon
On Aug. 22, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon referred a dispute between the Teamsters Union and Canada’s two largest railways to the Canada Industrial Relations Board for binding arbitration.

With pushback from the Teamsters union giving new legs to a labour disruption the Liberal government attempted to put to bed on Thursday, the matter risks becoming “another example of something that's going sideways for the Liberals” on the eve of their cabinet retreat, ...

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