Case No 2403 (Canada) - Complaint date: 24-OCT-04

The Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD), Centrale des syndicats de Québec (CSQ) and Federation of Employees of Quebec (FTQ)

Allegations

The complainants allege that, without prior consultation with representative workers’ organizations, the Government of Quebec has introduced legislation amending the system of trade union representation and collective bargaining in the health and social affairs sectors, thereby infringing the freedom of association of the employees in question. The new compulsory certification structure involves cancelling certification of existing workers’ organizations, thereby forcing them to re-apply for certification; it either imposes or bans particular employees’ groups, on the basis of criteria that are unfavourable to workers and could lead to a decline in union membership. A ministerial decree suffices to bring any of these measures into effect. The new legislation amends the collective bargaining system by imposing bargaining at the local or regional level for particular matters, and fails to establish an arbitration mechanism offering the requisite conditions of independence and impartiality

Case No 2403 (Canada) - Complaint date: 24-OCT-04

The Centrale des syndicats démocratiques (CSD), Centrale des syndicats de Québec (CSQ) and Federation of Employees of Quebec (FTQ)

Allegations

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