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March 20, 2018
VANCOUVER—In a written submission to the Labour Relations Code Review in British Columbia, Unifor is recommending restoring balance and fairness to the laws governing how working people form unions.
“B.C.’s labour code was rigged over the last decade to undermine working people’s rights,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “The B.C. government can create the conditions to convert precarious work into stable work by restoring balance and fairness to the Labour Relations Code.”
Unifor’s submission reviews the regulatory regime covering unionization and concludes that British Columbians’ constitutional rights are subtly but systemically undermined by policies designed with only employers in mind. Unifor makes nine recommendations including: greater protection for workers resulting from contract-flipping; restoring union certification by majority card-signing; and creating a process to help identify gender-based wage gaps.
“We can have labour laws written by employers or we can have good jobs and fair wages,” said Joie Warnock, Unifor Western Regional Director. “Unions are the best pathway to a good, stable job and the labour relations code must reflect British Columbians’ dreams for a better life.”
For more information, please contact Unifor Communications Representative Ian Boyko at @email or 778-903-6549 (cell).
