US EditionUnions file court challenge to Quebec labour law to end strikes
Five major Quebec unions representing over one million workers argue Law 14 unlawfully grants the Labour Minister power to end strikes and impose arbitration.
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Unions file court challenge to Quebec labour law to end strikes
Major labour organizations are putting their money where their mouth is: on Monday, they filed legal challenges in Superior Court against a law that allows the Labour Minister to end a labour dispute and impose arbitration in certain circumstances.
The major trade union organizations file their judicial challenges to the law that allows Québec City to end a labour dispute.
Barely coming into force on November 30, 2025, Act No. 14, An Act to further consider the needs of the population in the event of a strike or lockout that was passed by François Legault's government last spring, is already before the courts. The FTQ, the CSN, the CSQ, the CSD and the APTS, which together represent more than a million workers, announce the filing of coordinated legal challenges."The Act No. 14 blurs the right to strike of workers…
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