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BILL 84 -- 1992: LABOUR RELATIONS CODE
Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 15th day of December, 1992
BILL 84 - 1992
Part 2 -- Rights, Duties and Unfair Labour Practices
Prohibition against dismissals, etc. for exercising employee rights
Part 3 -- Acquisition and Termination of Bargaining Rights
Division 1 -- Acquisition of Bargaining Rights
Representation vote ordered by board
Request for representation vote
Division 2 -- Revocation of Bargaining Rights
Division 3 -- Successor Rights and Obligations
Division 4 -- Voting
Division 5 -- Councils of Trade Unions
Division 6 -- Employers' Organizations
Part 4 -- Collective Bargaining Procedures
Division 2 -- Joint Consultation and Adjustment Plans
Division 3 -- First Collective Agreement
Part 5 -- Strikes, Lockouts and Picketing
Part 6 -- Essential Services
Part 7 -- Mediation and Disputes Resolution
Division 1 -- Mediation and Fact Finding
Division 2 -- Commissions and Councils
Part 8 -- Arbitration Procedutre
Division 1 -- Definitions and Purpose
Division 2 -- Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau
Division 3 -- Collective Agreement Provisions
Share of cost of grievance recommendations
Division 4 -- Expedited Arbitration
Division 5 -- Special Officer
Part 9 -- Labour Relations Board
Compensation and conditions of service
Transitional -- membership cards
1 (1) In this Code
"board" means the Labour Relations Board and where applicable includes the chair, an associate chair, a division of the board and a panel established under section 117;
2 (1) The following are the purposes of this Code:
(a) to encourage the practice and procedure of collective bargaining between employers and trade unions as the freely chosen representatives of employees;
(b) to encourage cooperative participation between employers and trade unions in resolving workplace issues, adapting to changes in the economy, developing workforce skills and promoting workplace productivity;
(c) to minimize the effects of labour disputes on persons who are not involved in the dispute;
(d) to promote conditions favourable to the orderly, constructive and expeditious settlement of disputes between employers and trade unions;
(e) to ensure that the public interest is protected during labour disputes;
(f) to encourage the use of mediation as a dispute resolution mechanism.
(2) The board shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed on it under this Code having regard to the purposes set out in subsection (1).
Prohibition against dismissals, etc.
for exercising employee rights
(2) If no collective agreement respecting a unit is in force and a complaint is filed with the board alleging that an employee in that unit has been discharged, suspended, transferred or laid off from employment or otherwise disciplined in contravention of this Code, the board shall forthwith inquire into the matter and, if the complaint is not settled or withdrawn, the board shall
6 (1) An employer or a person acting on behalf of an employer shall not participate in or interfere with the formation, selection or administration of a trade union or contribute financial or other support to it.
(3) An employer or a person acting on behalf of an employer shall not
(4) Despite subsection (3), except as expressly provided, this Code shall not be interpreted to limit or otherwise affect the right of the employer to
7 (1) Except with the employer's consent, a trade union or person acting on its behalf shall not attempt, at the employer's place of employment during working hours, to persuade an employee of the employer to join or not join a trade union.
(2) If employees reside on their employer's property or on property to which the employer or another person has the right to control access or entry, the employer or other person shall on the board's direction permit a representative authorized in writing by a trade union to enter the property to attempt to persuade the employees to join a trade union and, if the trade union acquires bargaining rights, to thereafter enter the property to conduct business of the trade union.
(3) If directed by the board and on request by the trade union representative, the employer shall provide the representative with food and lodging at the current price and of a similar kind and quality as that provided to the employees.
8 Nothing in this Code deprives a person of the freedom to communicate to an employee a statement of fact or opinion reasonably held with respect to the employer's business.
9 A person shall not use coercion or intimidation of any kind that could reasonably have the effect of compelling or inducing a person to become or to refrain from becoming or to continue or cease to be a member of a trade union.
(2) No trade union shall expel, suspend or impose a penalty on a member or refuse membership in the trade union to a person, or impose any penalty or make any special levy on a person as a condition of admission to membership in the trade union or council of trade unions
(3) If a trade union charges, levies or prescribes different initiation fees, dues or assessments in respect of a person according to whether the person applies or has applied for membership in the trade union before or after an application for certification by the trade union to represent the person as bargaining agent, the fees, dues or assessments shall be deemed to be discriminatory for the purpose of subsection (2) (a).
11 (1) A trade union or employer shall not fail or refuse to bargain collectively in good faith in British Columbia and to make every reasonable effort to conclude a collective agreement.
12 (1) A trade union or council of trade unions shall not act in a manner that is arbitrary, discriminatory or in bad faith
(3) An employers' organization shall not act in a manner that is arbitrary, discriminatory or in bad faith in representing any of the employers in the group appropriate for collective bargaining.
(a) a panel of the board shall determine whether or not it considers that the complaint discloses a prima facie case that the contravention has occurred;
(b) if the panel considers that the complaint discloses a prima facie case, it shall
14 (1) If a written complaint is made to the board that any person is committing an act prohibited by section 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 12, the board shall serve a notice of the complaint on the person against whom it is made and on any other person affected by it.
(2) The board may appoint an officer to inquire into the complaint and attempt to settle the matter complained of, and the officer shall report the results of his or her inquiry and endeavours to the board.
(f) if the employees affected by the order are seeking trade union representation and the board is of the opinion that the union would likely have obtained the requisite support had it not been for the act prohibited by section 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 or 12, certify the trade union.
(5) The board may impose conditions it considers necessary or advisable on a trade union that is certified under subsection (4) (f), and if the conditions are not substantially fulfilled to the board's satisfaction within 12 months from the date of the certification, or in a lesser period ordered by the board, the certification shall be deemed to be cancelled.
Collective agreement may provide
for union membership
15 (1) Nothing in this Code shall be construed as precluding the parties to a collective agreement from inserting in it, or carrying out, a provision
(2) Despite subsection (1), a trade union or person acting on its behalf shall not require an employer to terminate the employment of an employee due to his or her expulsion or suspension from that trade union on the ground that he or she is or was a member of another trade union.
16 (1) An employer shall honour an employee's written assignment of wages to a trade union certified as the bargaining agent for his or her employees under this Code, unless the assignment is declared null and void by the board, or is revoked by the assignor.
(2) The assignment shall be substantially in the following form:
Until this authority is revoked by me in writing, I hereby authorize you to deduct from my wages and to pay to [name of the trade union] fees and dues in the amounts following:
(1) Initiation fees in the amount $_______________;
(2) Dues of $___________ per _______________;
(3) Dues of _____ % of hourly, weekly or monthly wages.
(3) Except where an assignor of wages revokes the assignment by written notice to the employer, or the board declares an assignment to be null and void, the employer shall remit at least once each month to the trade union certified under this Code and named in the assignment the fees and dues deducted, with a written statement containing the names of the employees for whom deductions were made and the amount of each deduction.
(4) If an assignment is revoked, the employer shall give a copy of the revocation to the assignee.
21 (1) If a group of employees belongs to a craft or group exercising technical or professional skills that distinguish it from the employees as a whole, and they are members of one trade union pertaining to the craft or skills, the trade union may, subject to sections 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25 and 26, apply to the board to be certified as the bargaining agent for the group if it is otherwise an appropriate bargaining unit.
(2) A trade union claiming to have as members in good standing a majority of the employees in a unit for which a craft or professional trade union is the bargaining agent under this section may apply to the board to have the unit included in another unit, and sections 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25 and 26 apply.
(3) If an application is not made under subsection (2), the employees in the unit for which a craft or professional trade union is the bargaining agent under this section shall be excluded from another unit for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall not be taken into account as members of another unit for purposes of this Code.
22 (1) When a trade union applies for certification as the bargaining agent for a unit, the board shall determine if the unit is appropriate for collective bargaining and may, before certification, include additional employees in or exclude employees from the unit.
(2) The board shall make or cause to be made the examination of records and other inquiries including the holding of hearings it considers necessary to determine the merits of an application for certification, and shall specify the nature of the evidence the applicant must furnish in support of the application and the manner of application.
23 (1) If the board is satisfied that on the date it receives an application for certification not less than 55% of the employees in the unit are members in good standing of the trade union and that the unit is appropriate for collective bargaining, the board shall certify the trade union as bargaining agent for the employees in the unit.
(2) In deciding whether a person is a member in good standing of a trade union, the board may decide the question without regard to the constitution and bylaws of the trade union.
24 (1) The board, to determine whether the employees in an appropriate bargaining unit wish to have a particular trade union represent them as their bargaining agent, may order that a representation vote be taken, in accordance with the regulations, among the employees in the unit.
(2) If, on an application under section 18, 19 or 21, the board is satisfied not less than 45% and not more than 55% of the employees in a unit are members in good standing of the trade union, it shall direct that a representation vote be taken.
(3) The board shall order that a representation vote be conducted within 10 days of the date of the application under section 18, 19 or 21 or, if the vote is conducted by mail, within a longer period the board orders.
(4) The board may direct that another representation vote be taken if
(a) a representation vote is taken, and
25 (1) When a representation vote is taken, a majority shall be determined as the majority of the employees in the unit who cast ballots.
(2) If after a representation vote is taken the board is satisfied that the majority of votes favour representation by the trade union, the board shall certify the trade union as the bargaining agent for the unit.
26 (1) On an application for certification, a trade union may request that a representation vote be taken before the board's determination of the appropriate bargaining unit.
(2) On the request being made, the board may determine the group of persons who may vote, and if it appears to the board on examining the records of the trade union and of the employer that not less than 45% of the employees in the unit were members in good standing of the trade union when the application was made, the board may direct that a representation vote be taken among the employees in the unit.
(3) The board may direct that the ballot box containing the ballots from a representation vote under this section be sealed and the ballots not be counted until the parties have been given full opportunity to present evidence and make submissions.
(4) After a representation vote under this section, the board shall determine the unit of employees appropriate for collective bargaining, and if it is satisfied that not less than 45% of the employees in the unit were members in good standing of the trade union when the application was made, the representation vote has the same effect as a representation vote under sections 24 and 25.
28 (1) If an application for certification is made for a unit consisting of, or including, dependent contractors, and the application meets the requirements of section 23 or section 24 and 25, the board shall
(2) If the board has determined under subsection (1) (b) that a variance of the existing bargaining unit would be more appropriate for collective bargaining and an application for variance is made, the board shall
30 If the trade union is not certified as the bargaining agent under section 23 or 25, or a cancellation of certification is refused under section 33 (4) (b), the board may designate the length of time, not less than 90 days, that must elapse before a new application by the same applicant may be considered.
(b) that discriminates against a person contrary to the Human Rights Act,
shall not be certified for the employees, and an agreement entered into between that organization or association of employees and the employer shall be deemed not to be a collective agreement.
32 (1) If an application for certification is pending, a trade union or person affected by the application shall not declare or engage in a strike, an employer shall not declare a lockout, and an employer shall not increase or decrease rates of pay or alter a term or condition of employment of the employees affected by the application, without the board's written permission.
(2) This section shall not be construed as affecting the right of an employer to suspend, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise discipline an employee for proper cause.
Division 2 - Revocation of Bargaining Rights
(2) If a trade union is certified as the bargaining agent for a unit and not less than 45% of the employees in the unit sign an application for cancellation of the certification, the board shall order that a representation vote be conducted within 10 days of the date of the application or, if the vote is to be conducted by mail, within a longer period the board orders.
(4) After a representation vote ordered under subsection (2) is held the board shall,
(b) the board considers that by reason of improper interference by any person a representation vote is unlikely to disclose the true wishes of the employees.
(7) Despite subsection (10), if the certification of a trade union as the bargaining agent for a unit is cancelled under subsection (6), that trade union shall not, during the 10 months immediately following the cancellation, apply for certification as the bargaining agent for employees in the unit.
(8) Subject to subsection (9), where the certification of a trade union as the bargaining agent is cancelled under any provision of this Code, a collective agreement between the trade union and the employer of the employees in the unit for which the certification is cancelled is void with respect to that unit.
Revocation of voluntarily
recognized bargaining rights
34 Section 33 applies to the revocation of bargaining rights where a trade union is a party to a collective agreement but is not certified for the employees covered by the collective agreement.
35 (1) If a business or a part of it is sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, the purchaser, lessee or transferee is bound by all proceedings under this Code before the date of the disposition and the proceedings shall continue as if no change had occurred; and if a collective agreement is in force, it continues to bind the purchaser, lessee or transferee to the same extent as if it had been signed by the purchaser, lessee or transferee, as the case may be.
(2) If a question arises under this section, the board, on application by any person, shall determine what rights, privileges and duties have been acquired or are retained, and for this purpose the board may make inquiries or direct that representation votes be taken as it considers necessary or advisable.
(3) The board, having made an inquiry or directed a vote under this section, may
(b) determine which trade union shall be the bargaining agent for the employees in each unit,
37 (1) If a trade union claims that by reason of a merger, amalgamation or a transfer of jurisdiction it is the successor of a trade union that at the time of the merger, amalgamation or transfer of jurisdiction was certified as the bargaining agent for a unit, the board may, in a proceeding before the board or on application by the trade union concerned,
39 (1) All voting directed by the board or by the minister under this Code and other votes held by a trade union or employers' organization of their respective members on a question of whether to strike or lock out, or whether to accept or ratify a proposed collective agreement, shall be by ballot cast in such a manner that the person expressing a choice cannot be identified with the choice expressed.
(2) The results of a vote referred to in subsection (1), including the number of ballots cast and the number of votes for, against or spoiled, shall be made available to both
(2) If a trade union coordinates collective bargaining on behalf of more than one bargaining unit, the results of any vote conducted by the trade union of a particular bargaining unit shall not be counted until all bargaining units engaged in the bargaining have voted.
(3) If a vote is conducted by mail, the vote shall, for the purposes of this Code, be deemed to have been held on the day that ballot papers are left with a post office as defined by the Canada Post Corporation Act for transmission to the persons who are to vote or, if the ballot papers are left for that purpose with the post office on different days, on the last of those days.
(2) If a direction is made under subsection (1), the board shall determine whether
and shall make any other examination of records, inquiry or findings including the holding of hearings it considers necessary to determine the matter.
(3) After a determination under subsection (2) and if the board considers it necessary or advisable the board may certify a council of trade unions as the bargaining agent, or vary a certification by substituting for the trade union or trade unions named in it a council of trade unions as bargaining agent for that unit.
42 (1) A constituent union of a council of trade unions shall not withdraw from the council of trade unions unless it obtains the consent of the board and complies with subsection (2) or (3).
(2) The board shall make or cause to be made the examination of records or other inquiries, including the holding of hearings it considers necessary to determine the merits of the application, and shall specify the manner of application and the nature of the evidence that the applicant must furnish in support of the application.
44 (1) An employers' organization shall not
(2) An employers' organization shall not charge or levy initiation fees, dues or assessments that are in the board's opinion unreasonable or discriminatory.
(b) the employer shall not increase or decrease the rate of pay of an employee in the unit or alter another term or condition of employment until
(2) If notice to commence collective bargaining has been given and the term of a collective agreement that was in force between the parties has expired, neither the employer nor the trade union shall, except with the consent of the other, alter any term or condition of employment, until
(3) Despite subsection (1), the board, after notice to the trade union, may authorize an employer to increase or decrease the rate of pay of an employee in the unit, or alter a term or condition of employment, and may specify conditions to be observed by an employer so authorized.
(4) This section shall not be construed as affecting the right of an employer to suspend, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise discipline an employee for proper cause.
(4) If a notice is not given under subsection (1) by either party 90 days or more before the expiry of the agreement, both parties shall be deemed to have given notice under this section 90 days before the expiry.
shall, within 10 days after the date of the notice, commence to bargain collectively in good faith, and make every reasonable effort to conclude a collective agreement or a renewal or revision of it.
49 (1) A person bound by a collective agreement, whether entered into before or after the coming into force of this Code, shall do everything the person is required to do and shall refrain from doing anything the person is required to refrain from doing by the provisions of the collective agreement, and failure to do so is a contravention of this Code.
(2) If an agreement is reached as the result of collective bargaining, both parties shall execute it.
(3) Nothing in this section requires or authorizes a person to do anything that conflicts with a requirement of or under this Code, and if there is any conflict between a provision of a collective agreement and a requirement of or under this Code, the requirement of or under this Code prevails.
50 (1) Despite anything contained in it, a collective agreement, whether entered into before or after the coming into force of this Code, shall, if for a term of less than one year, be deemed to be for a term of one year from the date it came or comes into operation, and shall not, except with the minister's consent be terminated by the parties within a period of one year from that date.
51 Each of the parties to a collective agreement shall, within 30 days after its execution, file a copy of it with the minister and with the board.
52 (1) An extraprovincial company for which a trade union has been certified as bargaining agent for a unit of employees of that company shall, within 5 days of the certification, appoint a person resident in British Columbia with authority to bargain collectively to
(3) If the collective agreement does not contain the provisions described in subsections (1) and (2), it shall be deemed to contain the following consultation committee provision:
On the request of either party, the parties shall meet at least once every 2 months until this agreement is terminated, for the purpose of discussing issues relating to the workplace that affect the parties or any employee bound by this agreement.
(5) The associate chair of the Mediation Division shall on the joint request of the parties appoint a facilitator to assist in developing a more cooperative relationship between the parties.
(a) the employer shall give notice to the trade union that is party to the collective agreement at least 60 days before the date on which the measure, policy, practice or change is to be effected, and
(b) after notice has been given, the employer and trade union shall meet, in good faith, and endeavour to develop an adjustment plan, which may include provisions respecting any of the following:
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to the termination of the employment of employees referred to in section 49.2 of the Employment Standards Act.
(2) If an application is made under subsection (1) an employee shall not strike or continue to strike, and the employer shall not lock out or continue to lock out, unless a strike or lockout is subsequently authorized under subsection (6) (b) (iii).
(6) If the first collective agreement is not concluded within 20 days of the appointment of the mediator, the mediator shall report to the associate chair and recommend either or both of the following:
(7) If the parties do not accept the mediator's recommended terms of settlement or if a first collective agreement is not concluded within 20 days of the report under subsection (6), the associate chair shall direct a method set out in subsection (6) (b) for resolving the dispute.
(8) If the associate chair directs a method set out in subsection (6) (b) (i) or (ii), the parties shall refrain from or cease any strike or lockout activity and the terms of the collective agreement recommended or concluded under that subsection are binding on the parties.
56 In this Part "perishable property" includes property that
Strikes and lockouts prohibited duringterm of collective agreement
57 (1) An employee bound by a collective agreement entered into before or after the coming into force of this Code shall not strike during the term of the collective agreement, and a person shall not declare or authorize a strike of those employees during that term.
(2) An employer bound by a collective agreement entered into before or after the coming into force of this Code shall not during the term of the collective agreement lock out an employee bound by the collective agreement.
58 Every collective agreement must provide that there will be no strikes or lockouts so long as the agreement continues to operate and, if a collective agreement does not contain such a provision, it shall be deemed to contain the following provision:
There shall be no strikes or lockouts so long as this agreement continues to operate.
Strikes and lockouts prohibited beforebargaining and vote
59 (1) A person shall not take a vote under section 60 or 61 on the question of whether to strike or on the question of whether to lock out until the trade union and the employer or their authorized representatives have bargained collectively in accordance with this Code.
(2) A trade union shall not declare or authorize a strike and an employer shall not declare or cause a lockout, until
60 (1) A person shall not declare or authorize a strike and an employee shall not strike until a vote has been taken in accordance with the regulations, of the employees in the unit affected as to whether to strike and the majority of those employees who vote have voted for a strike.
(2) If on application by a person directly affected by a strike vote or an impending strike, or on its own behalf, the board is satisfied that a vote has not been held in accordance with subsection (1), the board may make an order declaring the vote of no force or effect and directing that if another vote is conducted, the vote shall be taken on the terms the board considers necessary or advisable.
(a) a person shall not declare or authorize a strike, and an employee shall not strike, except during the 3 months immediately following the date of the vote, and
(b) an employee shall not strike unless
(4) Despite subsection (3) (b) (iii), the board may, on application or on its own motion, for the protection of
(b) other property or persons affected by perishable property,
direct a trade union to give more than 72 hours' notice of a strike.
(a) shall specify the length of the written notice required, and
61 (1) If 2 or more employers are engaged in the same dispute with their employees, a person shall not declare or authorize a lockout and an employer shall not lock out his or her employees until a vote has been taken in accordance with the regulations, of all employers, as to whether to lock out and a majority of those employers who vote have voted for a lockout.
(2) If on application by a person directly affected by a lockout vote or an impending lockout, or on its own behalf, the board is satisfied that a vote has not been held in accordance with subsection (1) or the regulations, the board may make an order declaring the vote of no force or effect and directing that if another vote is conducted the vote shall be taken on the terms the board considers necessary or advisable.
(a) where a vote is taken under subsection (1) and the vote favours a lockout, a person shall not declare or authorize a lockout and an employer shall not lock out his or her employees except during the 3 months immediately following the date of the vote, and
(b) an employer shall not lock out his or her employees unless
direct an employer to give more than 72 hours' notice of a lockout.
(a) the employer or other person referred to in that subsection shall accept the payment tendered by the trade union, and
(b) no person shall deny to an employee a benefit described in that subsection, including coverage under an insurance plan, for which the employee would otherwise be eligible, because the employee is participating in a lawful strike or is lawfully locked out.
63 (1) This Code shall not be construed to prohibit the suspension or discontinuance by an employer of operations in the employer's establishment, in whole or in part, for a cause not constituting a lockout.
(b) it is permitted pursuant to a provision of a collective agreement by which an employer agrees that employees within the bargaining unit covered by the collective agreement are not required to work in association with persons who are not members of
65 (1) In this section
(2) A person who, for the benefit of a struck employer, or for the benefit of an employer who has locked out, performs work, supplies goods or furnishes services of a nature or kind that, except for a lockout or lawful strike, would be performed, supplied or furnished by the employer, shall be presumed by the board to be the employer's ally unless he or she proves the contrary.
but the board shall not permit common site picketing unless it also makes an order under subsection (6) defining the site or place and restricting the picketing in the manner referred to in that subsection.
(5) In subsection (4) "employer" means the person whose operation may be lawfully picketed under subsection (3).
(6) The board may, on application or on its own motion, make an order defining the site or place at which picketing that is permitted by subsection (3), or that is permitted under subsection (4), may take place and where the picketing is common site picketing, the board shall restrict the picketing in such a manner that it affects only the operation of the employer causing the lockout or whose employees are lawfully on strike, or an operation of an ally of that employer, unless it is not possible to do so without prohibiting picketing that is permitted by subsection (3) or (4), in which case the board may regulate the picketing as it considers appropriate.
(7) For the purpose of this section, divisions or other parts of a corporation or firm shall, if they are separate and distinct operations, be treated as separate employers.
67 Except as provided in this Code, a person shall not picket in respect of a matter or dispute to which this Code applies.
68 (1) During a lockout or strike authorized by this Code an employer shall not use the services of a person, whether paid or not,
(2) An employer shall not require any person who works at a place of operations in respect of which the strike or lockout is taking place to perform any work of an employee in the bargaining unit that is on strike or is locked out without the consent of the person.
(3) An employer shall not
(3) The board, in determining whether to issue a declaratory opinion under subsection (1), shall consider
72 (1) If a dispute arises after collective bargaining has commenced, either of the parties to the dispute may apply to the chair to investigate or the chair on his or her own motion may investigate whether or not the dispute poses a threat to the health, safety or welfare of the residents of British Columbia and report the results of the investigation to the minister.
(4) A mediator appointed under subsection (3) shall report to the associate chair of the Mediation Division within 15 days of his or her appointment or within any additional period agreed on by the parties.
(a) shall within 30 days of receiving the report of a mediator, designate facilities, productions and services as essential services under subsection (2), and
(6) If the minister makes a direction under subsection (2) before a strike or lockout has commenced, the parties shall not strike or lock out until the designation of essential services is made by the board.
(8) If the board designates facilities, productions and services as essential services, the employer and the trade union shall supply, provide or maintain in full measure those facilities, productions and services and shall not restrict or limit a facility, production or service so designated.
73 (1) Every employer, trade union or employee affected by a direction or designation made under section 72 with respect to the dispute shall comply with the direction or designation.
(2) If a designation is made under section 72, the relationship between the employer and his or her employees shall, while the designation remains in effect, be governed by the terms and conditions of the collective agreement last in force between the employer and the trade union except as that collective agreement is amended by the board to the extent necessary to implement the designation of essential services.
(4) If a mediation officer is appointed to confer with the parties, the mediation officer shall, no later than 10 days after first meeting with the parties or 20 days after the mediation officer's appointment, whichever is sooner, or such longer period as the parties agree on or as the minister directs, report to the associate chair setting out the matters on which the parties have or have not agreed and such other information as the mediation officer considers relevant to the collective bargaining between the parties.
(5) If either party so requests of the associate chair, or if the minister so directs, the mediation officer shall provide to the associate chair and the parties a report concerning the collective bargaining dispute and the report may include recommended terms of settlement.
(6) Parties conferring with a mediation officer under this section shall provide the information that the mediation officer requests concerning their collective bargaining.
75 (1) If a strike or lockout has commenced, the trade union or employer commencing the strike or lockout shall immediately inform the chair in writing specifying the date the strike or lockout commenced.
(2) The chair shall inform the minister of strikes and lockouts that occur or are threatened.
76 (1) The minister may appoint a special mediator, and specify terms of reference for the special mediator, to assist the parties in settling the terms and conditions of a collective agreement or a renewal or revision of a collective agreement, as the case may be.
77 (1) The associate chair may appoint a fact finder in respect of a collective bargaining dispute, and the associate chair shall give written notice of the appointment to each of the parties to the dispute.
(2) Within 7 days after receiving the notice of the appointment of the fact finder, each party shall give written notice to the fact finder and the other party setting out all matters the parties have agreed on for inclusion in a collective agreement and all matters remaining in dispute between the parties.
(3) Where a party fails to comply with subsection (2), the fact finder may make a determination of the matters mentioned in subsection (2).
(6) The associate chair shall provide a copy of the fact finder's report to the parties, and may make it public if the associate chair considers it advisable to do so.
78 (1) Before the commencement of a strike or lockout, the employer of the employees in the affected bargaining unit may request that a vote of those employees be taken as to the acceptance or rejection of the offer of the employer last received by the trade union in respect of all matters remaining in dispute between the parties, and if the employer requests that a vote be taken, the associate chair shall direct that a vote of those employees to accept or reject the offer be held in a manner the associate chair directs.
(2) Before the commencement of a strike or lockout, the trade union that is certified as the bargaining agent of the employees in the affected bargaining unit may, if more than one employer is represented in the dispute by an employers' organization, request that a vote of those employers be taken as to the acceptance or rejection of the offer of the trade union last received by the employers' organization in respect of all matters remaining in dispute between the parties, and if the trade union requests that a vote be taken, the associate chair shall direct that a vote of those employers to accept or reject the offer be held in a manner the associate chair directs.
(4) The holding of a vote or a request for the taking of a vote under subsection (1) or (2) does not extend any time limits or periods provided for in section 60 or 61.
(5) Not more than one vote in respect of the same dispute shall be held under subsection (1) and not more than one vote in respect of the same dispute shall be held under subsection (2).
(3) An industrial inquiry commission shall consist of one or more members appointed by the minister.
(4) The minister shall furnish the industrial inquiry commission with a statement of the matters to be inquired into, and if an inquiry involves particular persons or parties, shall advise them of the appointment of the industrial inquiry commission.
(5) An industrial inquiry commission shall inquire into the matters referred to it by the minister and endeavour to carry out its terms of reference, and if a settlement is not effected in the meantime, shall report the result of its inquiries and its recommendations to the minister within 14 days after its appointment or within a further time the minister specifies.
(6) On receipt of a report of an industrial inquiry commission relating to a dispute between employers and employees, the minister shall furnish a copy to each of the parties affected and shall publish it in the manner considered advisable.
PART 8 -- ARBITRATION PROCEDURES
81 In this Part
"arbitration bureau" means the Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau established under this Part;
(2) An arbitration board, to further the purpose expressed in subsection (1), shall have regard to the real substance of the matters in dispute and the respective merit of the positions of the parties to it under the terms of the collective agreement, and shall apply principles consistent with the industrial relations policy of this Code, and is not bound by a strict legal interpretation of the issue in dispute.
83 (1) The Collective Agreement Arbitration Bureau is established consisting of a director and other employees appointed under the Public Service Act.
(2) The director shall establish and maintain a register of arbitrators.
(3) The minister shall appoint a joint advisory committee consisting of
(d) the director, who shall chair the committee.
(4) The joint advisory committee shall advise the director on
84 (1) Every collective agreement must contain a provision governing dismissal or discipline of an employee bound by the agreement, and that or another provision must require that the employer have a just and reasonable cause for dismissal or discipline of an employee; but this section does not prohibit the parties to a collective agreement from including in it a different provision for employment of certain employees on a probationary basis.
(a) the employer shall not dismiss or discipline an employee bound by this agreement except for just and reasonable cause;
(b) if a difference arises between the parties relating to the dismissal or discipline of an employee, or to the interpretation, application, operation or alleged violation of this agreement, including a question as to whether a matter is arbitrable, either of the parties, without stoppage of work, may, after exhausting any grievance procedure established by this agreement, notify the other party in writing of its desire to submit the difference to arbitration, and the parties shall agree on a single arbitrator, the arbitrator shall hear and determine the difference and issue a decision, which is final and binding on the parties and any person affected by it.
86 (1) Despite section 85, if there is a failure to appoint or constitute an arbitration board under a collective agreement or under section 84 (3), the director, at the request of either party, shall make the appointments necessary to constitute an arbitration board, and a person so appointed by the director shall be deemed appointed in accordance with the collective agreement, or under section 84 (3), as the case may be.
(2) Nothing in a collective agreement shall be construed as requiring the director to constitute an arbitration board consisting of more than a single arbitrator.
(2) If a settlement officer is appointed under subsection (1), the settlement officer shall, within 5 days of the appointment or within such further time as the director may allow,
(a) make an order fixing and determining the monetary value of an injury or loss suffered by an employer, trade union or other person as a result of a contravention of a collective agreement, and directing a person to pay a person all or part of the amount of that monetary value,
(g) interpret and apply any Act intended to regulate the employment relationship of the persons bound by a collective agreement, despite that the Act's provisions conflict with the terms of the collective agreement, and
90 (1) Unless the provision required under section 84 or 85 provides otherwise, each party to an arbitration under section 84, 85, 104 or 105 shall bear
(2) If the director appoints a single arbitrator or the chair of an arbitration board under section 86, each party shall pay 1/2 the remuneration and expenses of the person appointed, unless the arbitration board allows another person to participate in the hearing in which case the arbitration board may direct that a portion of the fees and expenses of the chair be borne by that person.
(3) If the director appoints a member of an arbitration board under section 86 on the failure of one of the parties to make the appointment, that party shall pay the remuneration and expenses of the person appointed.
(b) in the case of a collective agreement between a trade union and an employers' organization, on the employers who are bound by the agreement who are affected by the decision,
and they shall comply in all respects with the decision.
96 An arbitration board shall, within 10 days of issuing an award, file a copy of it with the director who shall make the award available for public inspection.
100 On application by a party affected by a decision or award of an arbitration board, the Court of Appeal may review the decision or award where the basis of the decision or award is a matter or issue of the general law not included in section 99 (1).
101 Except as provided in this Part, the decision or award of an arbitration board under this Code is final and conclusive and is not open to question or review in a court on any grounds whatsoever, and no proceedings by or before an arbitration board shall be restrained by injunction, prohibition or other process or proceeding in a court or be removable by certiorari or otherwise into a court.
102 If a party or a person has failed or neglected to comply with the decision of an arbitration board, a party or person affected by the decision may, after the expiration of 14 days from the date of the release of the decision or the date provided in the decision for compliance, whichever is later, file in the Supreme Court registry a copy of the decision in the prescribed form, and the decision must be entered as if it were a decision of the court, and on being entered shall be deemed, for all purposes except an appeal from it, to be an order of the Supreme Court and enforceable as such.
103 If a collective agreement contains the following provision:
If a difference arises between the parties relating to the dismissal, discipline or suspension of an employee, or to the interpretation, application, operation or alleged violation of this agreement, including any question as to whether a matter is arbitrable, during the term of the collective agreement [here insert name], or a substitute agreed to by the parties, shall at the request of either party
(a) investigate the difference,
(b) define the issue in the difference, and
(c) make written recommendations to resolve the difference
within 30 days of the date of receipt of the request and, for those 30 days from that date, time does not run in respect of the grievance procedure
the Minister of Finance and Corporate Relations, on the minister's requisition, shall pay out of the consolidated revenue fund 1/3 of the cost incurred by the parties for payment of reasonable remuneration, travelling and out of pocket expenses of the person named or his or her substitute.
(a) shall appoint an arbitrator to hear and determine the matter arising out of the difference,
(b) shall fix the date on which the hearing by the arbitrator will commence, which date must be within 28 days after the day on which the difference was referred to the director, and
(5) If a settlement officer is appointed under subsection (4), the settlement officer shall, within 5 days after the appointment or within such further time as the director may allow,
(6) If the parties are unable to settle the difference, the arbitrator appointed under subsection (4) shall proceed to hear and determine the matter arising out of the difference and shall, subject to subsection (7), issue a decision within 21 days after the conclusion of the hearing.
(7) If jointly requested to do so by the parties to the difference, the arbitrator appointed under subsection (4) shall, if possible, issue an oral decision within one day after the conclusion of the hearing and shall issue written reasons within the time specified in subsection (6).
(2) The parties shall not refer a grievance to a mediator- arbitrator unless they have agreed on the nature of any issues in dispute.
(3) The parties may jointly request the director to appoint a mediator-arbitrator if they are unable to agree on one, and the director shall make the appointment.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), a mediator-arbitrator appointed by the director shall begin proceedings within 28 days after being appointed.
(6) The mediator-arbitrator shall endeavour to assist the parties to settle the grievance by mediation.
(7) If the parties are unable to settle the grievance by mediation, the mediator-arbitrator shall endeavour to assist the parties to agree on the material facts in dispute and then shall determine the grievance by arbitration.
(8) When determining the grievance by arbitration, the mediator- arbitrator may limit the nature and extent of evidence and submissions and may impose such conditions as he or she considers appropriate.
(9) The mediator-arbitrator shall give a succinct decision within 21 days after completing proceedings on the grievance submitted to arbitration.
(10) Sections 89 to 103 apply in respect of a mediator-arbitrator and a settlement, determination or decision under this section.
(2) On his or her appointment, the special officer shall investigate the dispute or difference and may
(b) shall determine his or her own procedure, but shall give an opportunity to an interested party to present evidence and make representations.
112 (1) An order of a special officer shall be in writing signed by the special officer.
(2) The special officer shall promptly
113 The minister shall send to the board a copy of every appointment of a special officer under section 106.
115 (1) The Industrial Relations Council is continued as the Labour Relations Board.
(2) All business pending before the Industrial Relations Council before the coming into force of this subsection shall be continued before the Labour Relations Board and may be dealt with by the division of the board that the chair considers appropriate to that business.
(3) The board shall consist of a chair, vice chairs and as many other members equal in number representative of employers and employees respectively, as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers proper, all of whom shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(4) The chair may designate one of the vice chairs to act in the chair's absence, and while acting the vice chair has the power and authority of the chair.
Divisions and officers of the
116 (1) There shall be 2 divisions of the board called the Mediation Division and the Adjudication Division.
(2) The chair shall designate one of the vice chairs as associate chair of the Mediation Division and one of the vice chairs as associate chair of the Adjudication Division, and shall designate another vice chair as registrar of the board.
117 (1) The chair may establish one or more panels of the board, and a panel has the power and authority of the board in matters referred to the panel by the chair or coming before it under rules of the board made under this Code.
(3) The chair may refer a matter that is before the board to a panel or a matter that is before a panel to the board or another panel.
(4) A panel of the board shall consist of
(5) The chair may terminate an appointment to a panel and may fill any vacancy on a panel.
118 (1) The board or a panel of the board shall not proceed with a matter unless a quorum is present and remains present throughout the proceeding.
(3) A quorum of a panel consists of the chair or the vice chair, if appointed under section 117 (4) (a), or all members of the panel, including the chair or vice chair.
119 (1) The chair shall preside at proceedings of the board and of all panels of which he or she is a member, and a vice chair shall preside over all other panels.
(2) The chair may delegate to the associate chairs, the registrar and one or more of the other members a power, duty or function of the board.
(3) The chair shall designate an employee employed under subsection (1) as the information officer to advise the public with respect to this Code and its application to labour relations in British Columbia.
123 The board and each member of it has the power and authority of a commissioner under sections 12, 15 and 16 of the Inquiry Act.
(2) The board may request and receive a report from a person it appoints to investigate an application or to investigate and attempt to settle a dispute under this Code, a collective agreement or the regulations, and, despite section 146 (3), the board shall disclose the report to the parties.
(4) No person shall, except with the consent of the board, disclose whether a person is or is not a member of a trade union.
125 On the recommendation of an officer appointed under section 14, 87 or 104 (4) (c), or on its own motion, the board may summon and enforce the attendance of witnesses and compel them to give oral or written evidence on oath and to produce the documents and things the officer or the board considers requisite to a full investigation and consideration of matters within the board's jurisdiction in the same manner as a court of record in civil cases.
126 (1) The board shall determine its own practice and procedure, but shall give full opportunity to the parties to a proceeding to present evidence and make submissions.
127 (1) The principal office of the board shall be at or near Vancouver, and the board and panels of the board shall sit at the places the chair decides.
129 A member of the board, before acting as a member, shall take and subscribe before a notary public or commissioner for taking affidavits for British Columbia, and file with the minister, an oath or affirmation of office in the following form:
130 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint a person to fill a vacancy on the board.
(2) If a member of the board resigns or his or her appointment terminates, he or she may carry out and complete duties or responsibilities and continue to exercise powers that he or she may have had if he or she had not ceased to be a member, in relation to a proceeding in which he or she participated as a member of the board, until the proceeding is completed.
131 (1) The chair shall hold office for a term of not less than 5 years specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and shall not be removed before the expiration of that term except by an Act or resolution of the Legislature.
(2) The chair and the vice chairs and other members of the board shall be paid compensation directed by the minister.
(3) The chair and the vice chairs and other members of the board shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable travelling and out of pocket expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their duties.
(4) The minister, on behalf of the government, may make a contract with the chair, vice chairs or other members of the board containing mutually agreed terms and conditions not inconsistent with this Code.
(3) The board shall make available in writing for publication all general guidelines formulated under this section, and their amendments and revisions.
(d) except in relation to conduct regulated by Part 5, make an order determining and fixing the monetary value of an injury or loss suffered by a person as a result of a contravention of this Code, a collective agreement or the regulations, and directing a person to pay to the person suffering the injury or loss the amount of that monetary value;
135 (1) The board shall on request by any party or may on its own motion file in a Supreme Court registry at any time a copy of a decision or order made by the board under this Code, a collective agreement or the regulations.
(2) The decision or order must be filed as if it were an order of the court, and on being filed it shall be deemed for all purposes except appeal from it to be an order of the Supreme Court and enforceable as such.
136 (1) Except as provided in this Code, the board has and shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine an application or complaint under this Code and to make an order permitted to be made.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the board has and shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction in respect of
137 (1) Except as provided in this section, no court has or shall exercise any jurisdiction in respect of a matter that is, or may be, the subject of a complaint under section 133 or a matter referred to in section 136, and, without limitation, no court shall make an order enjoining or prohibiting an act or thing in respect of them.
(3) Despite this Code or any other Act, a court shall not order an injunction to restrain a person from striking, locking out or picketing, or from doing an act or thing in respect of a strike, lockout, dispute or difference arising from or relating to a collective agreement, on an ex parte application.
Jurisdiction of board todecide certain questions
139 The board has exclusive jurisdiction to decide a question arising under this Code and on application by any person or on its own motion may decide for all purposes of this Code any question, including, without restriction, any question as to whether
Variation and continuation of
(2) If information relates to the business or affairs of any person, whether or not a party to a dispute, difference or other reference, the minister, if he or she believes disclosure of the information would be prejudicial to the person, may direct that the information shall not be made public or that it be made public in the manner he or she directs.
(3) Information obtained for the purpose of this Code in the course of his or her duties by a member of the board, an industrial inquiry commission or other tribunal under this Code, a special officer, a mediator or other person appointed under this Code, an employee of any of them or an employee under the administration of the minister shall not be open to inspection by a person or a court, and the member, special officer, mediator or other person appointed under this Code or employee shall not be required by a court or tribunal to give evidence relative to it.
147 A person appointed by the minister or the chair as a member of an industrial inquiry commission, committee of special advisors, industry advisory council or other tribunal established under this Code, or as a special officer, special mediator or fact finder shall be reimbursed for reasonable travelling and out of pocket expenses incurred by the person, and may be paid remuneration the minister determines for each day's attendance in carrying out his or her duties under this Code.
and the trade union or employers' organization shall comply with the direction within the time specified by the board.
150 (1) A provincial, national or international trade union that assumes supervision or control over a subordinate trade union, whereby the autonomy of the subordinate trade union under the constitution or bylaws of the provincial, national or international trade union is suspended, shall, within 60 days after it has assumed supervision or control over the subordinate trade union, file with the board a statement, verified by the statutory declaration of its principal officers, setting out the terms under which supervision or control is to be exercised and it shall, on the direction of the board, file such additional information concerning such supervision and control as the chair requires.
(2) If a provincial, national or international trade union has assumed supervision or control over a subordinate trade union, that supervision or control shall not continue for more than 12 months from the date of the assumption without the consent of the board.
151 (1) A trade union and an employers' organization shall make available without charge to each of its members, before June 1 in each year, a copy of the audited financial statement of its affairs to the end of the last fiscal year, signed by its president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers.
(4) The board may order a trade union or employers' organization to furnish a copy of a statement filed under subsection (3) to the members of the trade union or employers' organization that the board in its discretion directs, and the trade union or employers' organization shall comply with the order.
152 (1) For the purpose of this Code or a proceeding under it, a notice or other communication sent by mail shall be presumed to have been received by the addressee in the ordinary course of mail unless the contrary is proved.
(2) Every party to a dispute shall give written notice to the minister, the board and the other parties of the address of its principal or other office in British Columbia to which it wishes notices to be sent.
155 A document purporting to contain or to be a copy of a regulation, rule, direction, designation, order or other matter of the minister or the board, and purporting to be signed by the minister or a member of the board, shall be accepted by a court as proof of the regulation, rule, direction, order or other matter of which it purports to contain or be a copy without proof of the signature of the minister or member of the board or of his or her appointment.
156 A proceeding under this Code or a collective agreement shall not be considered invalid by reason of a defect in form, a technical irregularity or an error of procedure that does not result in a denial of natural justice, and the board, arbitration board, industrial inquiry commission, special officer, court or other tribunal may relieve against those defects, irregularities or errors of procedure on just and reasonable terms.
157 (1) The board may report to the minister and shall report to him or her on his or her request, and the minister may authorize the board to publish its report.
(2) The board shall, on or before March 1 each year, make a report to the minister for the preceding calendar year, setting out briefly
159 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations.
(a) respecting applications for certification under Part 3,
(b) respecting voting under this Code,
(c) respecting application for reconsideration under section 141, and
(d) prescribing requirements for evidence of membership in good standing in a trade union.
161 All applications, proceedings, actions and inquiries commenced under the Industrial Relations Act shall be continued to their conclusion and treated for all purposes under and in conformity with this Code so far as it may be done consistently with this Code.
162 If, during the 90 day period after the coming into force of this section, a trade union applies for certification on the basis of membership in good standing evidenced by membership cards signed before the coming into force of section 22, the board may order that a representation vote be taken in accordance with the regulations.
163 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations considered necessary or advisable for the purpose of more effectively bringing into operation this Code and to obviate any transitional difficulties encountered in so doing, and without limiting the generality of this, the regulations may for a period the Lieutenant Governor in Council specifies, suspend the operation of a provision of an enactment if that provision would impede the effective operation of this Code.
164 (1) The Industrial Relations Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 212, is repealed by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(2) That part of section 60 of the Industrial Relations Reform Act, 1987, S.B.C. 1987, c. 24, that enacts sections 137.97 to 137.99 of the Industrial Relations Act is repealed.
165 The Acts listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 are amended in those of their sections or provisions listed opposite them in column 2 by striking out "Industrial Relations Act" wherever it appears and substituting "Labour Relations Code".
166 The Acts listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 are amended in those of their sections or provisions listed opposite them in column 2 by striking out "Industrial Relations Council" wherever it appears and substituting "Labour Relations Board".
167 Section 6 of the British Columbia Transit Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 421, is amended
(a) in subsection (4) by striking out "under that Act," and substituting "under that Code,",
(b) in subsection (5) by striking out "under section 53 of the Industrial Relations Act," and substituting "under section 35 of the Labour Relations Code,", and
(c) in subsection (6) by striking out "under section 53 (3) of the Industrial Relations Act." and substituting "under section 35 (3) of the Labour Relations Code."
168 The College and Institute Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 53, is amended
(a) in section 1 (2) by repealing the definition of "Industrial Relations Council" and substituting the following:
"Labour Relations Board" means the Labour Relations Board under the Labour Relations Code; ,
(b) in section 42 (1) by striking out "under section 53 of the Industrial Relations Act," and substituting "under section 35 of the Labour Relations Code,", and
(c) in section 42 (2) by striking out "under that Act," and "that Act" and substituting "under that Code," and "that Code" respectively.
169 Section 23 of the Ferry Corporation Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 128, is amended
(a) in subsection (3) by striking out "under that Act," and substituting "under that Code,", and
(b) in subsection (4) by striking out "under section 53 of the Industrial Relations Act," and substituting "under section 35 of the Labour Relations Code,".
170 Section 7 of the Institute of Technology Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 199, is amended by striking out "in that Act" and substituting "in that Code".
Metro Transit Operating Company Act
171 Section 6 of the Metro Transit Operating Company Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 257, is amended
(a) in subsection (3) by striking out "under that Act," and substituting "under that Code," ,
(b) in subsection (4) by striking out "under section 53 of the Industrial Relations Act," and substituting "under section 35 of the Labour Relations Code,", and
(c) in subsection (5) by striking out "under section 53 (3) of the Industrial Relations Act." and substituting "under section 35 (3) of the Labour Relations Code."
172 Section 26 (4) of the Police Act, S.B.C. 1988, c. 53, is amended by striking out "Part 6 of the Industrial Relations Act" and substituting "Part 8 of the Labour Relations Code".
173 The Public Service Labour Relations Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 346, is amended
(a) in the definition of "bargaining agent" in section 1 (1) and in sections 2 (2) and (3), 5, 7, 12 (2) and (3), 18 (2) and (3), 19 and 20 by striking out "council" wherever it appears and substituting "board",
(b) in section 1 (1) by repealing the definition of "council" and by adding the following definition:
"board" means the Labour Relations Board under the Labour Relations Code; , and
(c) in section 17 (1), (2), (3), (5), (7), (10) (b) (ii) and (12) (b) by striking out "chairman of the Disputes Resolution Division of the council" wherever it appears and substituting "associate chair of the Mediation Division of the board".
174 The School Act, S.B.C. 1989, c. 61, is amended
(a) in section 28 (2) by striking out "Notwithstanding sections 34 (1) (i) and 42 of the Industrial Relations Act," and substituting "Despite sections 22 and 139 (i) of the Labour Relations Code,",
(b) in section 29 by striking out "that Act." and substituting "that Code.", and
(c) in section 34 by repealing subsection (3).
175 Section 17 of the System Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 399, is amended
(a) in subsection (1) by striking out "under section 53 of the Industrial Relations Act," and substituting "under section 35 of the Labour Relations Code,", and
(b) in subsection (2) by striking out "under that Act," and "that Act" and substituting "under that Code," and "that Code" respectively.
176 This Code comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(Section 165)
30 (3), (4), (5), (7) and (8)
32 (1) (b), (4) (a) and (6)
42 (2) and (4)
Schedule 2, Committee of Special Advisors
6 (3), (4) and (5)
1 in the definition of "local union"
1 (1) in paragraph (i) of the definition of
"employee" and in the definition of "strike"
1 (1) in the definition of "teachers' union"
133 (1) (e)
17 (2) and (3)
Wage (Public Construction) Act
72 (5) (a)
(Section 166)
6 (4), (5) and (6)
30 (3) and (4)
42 (1) and (2)
23 (3) and (4)
17 (1) and (2)