Federal Sector Update

Seminar Summary

Since 2011, the Federal Government has taken an increasingly interventionist approach to labour relations, leaving the collective bargaining process on life-support. Examples include the legislated return to work of Canada Post workers and Air Canada's flight attendants. In our 2013 Federal Sector Update, we will take the pulse of the federal labour movement to gauge what the reaction has been to these interventions, and how courts have responded. Topics will include:

• A general case-law update
• Intervention cases in court and their treatment
• After the 2011-2012 turmoil: 2013 as a year of calm?