Friday, June 08, 2007

Supreme Court Ruling,favours HEU

So much to say...so little time...
So the first great news is that the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of the unions! Yea! This means that now, according to the new law, any language that is agreed to through Collective Bargaining , comes under the Charter of Human rights, and can not be revoked by any government. What that means, is that Bill 29, that was rushed though, by Campbell's government in 2002 and appealed by the HEU and other Unions, has essentially been thrown out the window.In 2002, a binding contract that had been agreed to that protected jobs was essentially erased when Campbell's government went into those contracts,and eradicated those agreements. By contracting out services, such as laundry, it caused thousands of health care workers to lose their jobs on account of the government's power. Now the government has been given One year to fix all the damage they did. We'll see how that all transpires, but for now,it is a huge win for the Union and also may mean that those who lost jobs and homes, will be compensated in some way.
Emil was elated to say the least, since it has been a long fight, and it was with great sadness that many single moms had their jobs slashed, and in many cases, it was Emil who had to deliver the bad news. Let us hope that justice will do the right thing. The decision was declared in the Supreme Court of Canada...6-1...and no appeals are possible... They are calling it New Law. Hurrah! A small victory for the peons. Thus, if your negotiate a contract, it will be binding , and no government, in the future can take it away... yippee cay Yea!
"The Creator"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yes, that is a fantastic Win. Maybe just maybe I will get my $$ back they have taken from my paycheck !! Lynn