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LABOUR LAW - Contributors: Sasha, Marlene, Seth, Lisa**

Topics,Thematic Questions & Assigned **** Readings **** : ** = I. Introduction to the field of labour and employment law, and to the specificity of collective labour relations:  = ---Judy Fudge & Eric Tucker, //Labour Before the Law: the Regulation of Workers’ Collective Action in// // Canada ////, 1900-1948 // (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2001). [Excerpts from Introduction and Chapter 11] ---The Rand Decision(1946), [1996] 1 C.L.L.R. 1356 --- // Northern TelecomLtd //. v. //Communication Workers// [1980] 1 S.C.R. ---ILO Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, International Labour Organization, 86th Session, June 1998 --- // McIntyre c. I.A.M & A.W., // 2007 QCCA 1178, [2007] D.T.E T-813. --- // CAW-Canada, Local 444 v. Great Blue Heron Gaming Co // ., 2007 ONCA 814, [2008] 287 D.L.R. (4th) 452 --- // Slaight Communications inc. v. Davidson //, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 1038 = II. Collective Bargaining Policy & Industrial Legality =

// --- // ILO, CFA Report 308, //Case No. 1900 (Canada/Ontario)//, (Vol. LXXXI, 1998, Series B, No. 2) ---ILO, CFA Report 330, //Case No. 1900 (Canada/Ontario),// (Vol. LXXXI, 1999, Series B, No .2) --- Delisle v. Canada // (Deputy Attorney General), // [1999] 2 S.C.R. 989 --- Dunmore v. A.G. //(Ont)//, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 1016 ---[[Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du commerce, section locale 501 v. La Légumière Y.C . inc. [2007] QCCRT 0467]]

= III. The Relationship between Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Policy in Canada =

---Reference re Public Service Employee Relations Act // (Alta.), // [1987] 1 S.C.R. 313 --- PSAC v. Canada //, // [1987] 1 S.C.R. 424 --- RWDSU v. Saskatchewan //, // [1987] 1 S.C.R. 460 --- Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E //.,// [2004] 3 S.C.R. 381 --- Health Services and Support Facilities Bargaining Association v. British Columbia 2007 SCC 27, [2007] 2 S.C.R. 291 --- R. v. Advance Cutting // & Coring Ltd //., [// 2001 //] // 3 S.C.R. 209 // --- //Plourde v. Québe c (Commission des relations du travail),// 2007 QCCA 1210, [2007] D.T.E. T-838 --- C.S.N. v. Québec //(Procureur général),// 2007 QCCS 5513, [2007] J.Q. No. 13 421 --- Fraser v. Ontario //(Attorney General),// 2008 ONCA 760 --- Confédération des syndicats nationaux v. Québec (Procureur général) //,// 2008 QCCS 5076 = IV. The Acquisition and Termination of Bargaining Rights = // --- //// La ville de Pointe-Claire v. Syndicat des employées et employés professionnels-lles et de bureau // //, locale 57// [1997] 1 S.C.R. 1015.

--- Natrel Inc. v. Syndicat démocratique des distributeurs 1996 T.T. 567 (judicial review denied)
 * 1) Bargaining Unit Determination

--- Ivanhoe Inc. v. UFCW //, Local 500//, [2001] 2 S.C.R. 565 --- // Sept-Iles (City) // v. //Quebec (Labour Court)//, [2001] S.C.R. 670 --- T.U.A.C, loc. 503 v. Quebec //(Commission des relations du travail),// [2008] D.T.E. T-38 // --- //Syndicat national du lait inc. v. Laiterie Royala inc //.,// 2004 QCCRT 602. = V. Unfair Labour Practices = //---// // Syndicat canadien des communications, de l’énergie et du papier, local 194 // v. //Disque Americ,// [1996] A.Q. 3381 (Tribunal du travail) --- // Royal Oak //// Mines // v. //CASAW, Local 4,// [1996] 1 S.C.R. 369 --- // Ville-Marie Pontiac Buick // v. //Syndicat des travailleurs de garage de la region do Montréal (C.S.N),// [1993] T.T. 162 --- // CBC v. CLRB // //,// [1995] 1 S.C.R. 157 --- // City Buick Pontiac (Montréal) Inc. v. Roy // //, // [1981] T.T. 22 ---Public Communication No. 9803 on Labor Law Matters Arising in Canada (Québec) before the National Administrative Office of the United States under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC), //Violations of NAALC Labor Principles and Obligations in the Case of the St-Hubert McDonald’s Restaurant.// 19 October 1998. // --- //// I.A.T.S.E., Stage Local 56 // v//. Société de la Place des Arts de Montréal//, [2004] 1 S.C.R. 43 --- // Cie Wal-Mart du Canada // v. //Québec (Commission des relations du travail),// 2008 QCCA 236, [2008] QCCA T-160. (Granted leave to appeal to the SCC in August 2008) // --- //// Université Concordia // v. //Syndicat des employés de soutien de l’université Concordia,// [2008] D.T.E T-251. = VI. Negotiating a Collective Agreement =
 * 1) Successor Rights

//What are the specificities of and justifications for first contract arbitration?//
--- Excerpt from //“//Chapitre 5 - Négotiation et arbitrage//”// in Robert Gagnon, //Le Droit du travail du Québec,// 6th ed. (Cowansville: Éditions Yvon Blais, 2008). (Negotiations exercise and any further preparatory readings to be distributed)

= VII. Industrial Conflict =

--- // U.F.C.W., Local 1518 // v. //Kmart Canada Ltd.,// [1999] 2. S.C.R. 1083 --- // R.W.D.S.U., Local 558 // v. //Pepsi-Cola// // Canada //// Beverages (West) Ltd., // [2002] 1 S.C.R. 156 --- // U.I.E.S., local 740 // v. //Association accréditée du personnel non enseignant de l’Universite McGill,// 2008 QCCRT 0114, [2008] D.T.E. T-265.

= VIII. The Effects of Certification: Administration of the Collective Agreement and the Individual = // ---Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad co. et al., // 323 U.S. 192 (1944) // ---McGill University Health Centre (Montreal General Hospital) v. Syndicat des employés de l’Hôpital general de Montréal // [ 2007] 1 S.C.R. 161. --- // Parry Sound (district) Social Services Administration Board // c. //O.P.S.E.U. local 324//, [2003] 2 R.C.S. 157 // --- //// Isidore Garon ltée // v. //Tremblay// [2006] 1 S.C.R. 27. --- // Morin : Québec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse) // c. //Québec (procureur général// // ), // [2004] 2 R.C.S. 185 --- // Dupuis c. Syndicat canadien des communications, de l'énergie et 2008 QCCA 837 du papier, section locale 130 //, 2008 QCCA 837, [2008] D.T.E. 2008T-440 (Arbitration exercise : time permitting)

= IX. Conclusion: New Approaches to Labour Law in a Globalizing Economy =