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The Committee also ruled that belonging to these factions is grounds for expulsion from Labour. [36] [37] In response, several left-leaning groups picketed the Labour Party's headquarters in Victoria, London to protest the NEC's decision. [36] LAW sponsors Ken Loach and Ian Hodson were automatically expelled from the party following the ...
In Canadian labour law, the Rand formula (also referred to as automatic check-off and compulsory checkoff) [1] is a workplace compromise arising from jurisprudence struck between organized labour (trade unions) and employers that guarantees employers industrial stability by requiring all workers affected by a collective agreement to pay dues to the union by mandatory deduction in exchange for ...
The resulting disillusionment in the CCF destroys local support for the party for decades. [10] August 23: Mine-Mill is suspended as an affiliate of the Canadian Congress of Labour. [10] 1949 May: The UMWA returns to raid workers at CIL. Its application for certification there is rejected by the Ontario Labour Relations Board. [10]
The California Supreme Court ruling curtails the ability of public employees in the state to seek help from the courts in labor disputes. Public employees cannot use labor law to sue employers ...
Robert White, OC (April 28, 1935 – February 19, 2017) was a prominent leader in the Canadian trade union and labour movement who was the founding president of the Canadian Auto Workers (now Unifor) after leading its separation from its American parent, the United Auto Workers, and then president of the Canadian Labour Congress.
1894 - Nationalist Party, BC's first labour party, founded. Its name arises from its pro-nationalization (public ownership) platform. It elected an MLA in the 1894 and 1898 provincial elections - Robert Macpherson. [7] Also elected an MP in 1896 - George Ritchie Maxwell. 1898 Canadian Socialist League (CSL) founded in Montreal. Found strong ...
Labour Party rules specify that MPs will face a "trigger ballot" procedure where each branch of the Constituency Labour Party (CLP) and each affiliate (trade union and socialist society) branch will have a simple majority vote on whether they wish their sitting MP to automatically stand again in the next general election, or whether they wish to have a full selection process.
The Ontario Federation of Labour is a federation of labour unions in the Canadian province of Ontario. The original OFL was established by the Canadian Congress of Labour in 1944. It was merged with the rival Ontario Provincial Federation of Labour in 1957 (now considered the modern OFL's founding date), one year after the merger of the CCL and ...