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Sriking security officers and Public Service Alliance of Canada members are slamming the Bank of Canada for hiring a third-party security company, and asking workers to cross the picket line amid a labour dispute.
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The issue was heard at the Canada Industrial Relations Board on June 29 in a test for the federal anti-scab legislation that was passed last June.
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It’s unclear when a decision will be made.
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The legislation amended the Canada Labour Code for federally regulated industries like banking and telecommunications to ban employers from using several types of people to do the work of striking or locked-out workers.
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The legislation included prohibiting employers from using contractors to fill in and do the work of striking or locked-out workers. It also prevents employers from allowing employees of a bargaininng unit on strike to cross the picket line.
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It’s unclear when a decision at the Canada Industrial Relations Board will be made.
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In an internal Bank of Canada email obtained by the Ottawa Citizen, the Bank of Canada offered workers ahead of the strike “the opportunity to continue to work providing these basic services, maintaining your current compensation and benefits.”
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The email also asked members to accept the offer by June 22, the day before the strike.
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Patrick Tessier, the local vice-president and a member of the bargaining committee, said that five PSAC members are continuing to work for the Bank of Canada during the strike.
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“The folks out here took it really, really hard,” Tessier said, pointing to the sacrifices their members are taking by walking the picket line to fight against concessions on their scheduling rights and parental leave top-up cuts.
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Alex Silas, the national executive vice-president at PSAC, previously