MPP says ruling means Carpenters’ Union will have monopoly on local contracts
Posted Apr 29, 2014 08:28:01 AM.
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A local MPP vows to continue his fight to change Ontario’s labour laws as they pertain to municipalities and other public sector organizations.
Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris’ comments come after the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled against Waterloo Region’s efforts to be allowed to use any contractor it liked for various projects.
The board ruling means the region will have to deal with one union, although that labour organization has yet to be identified.
Harris says the labour board ruled “the Region of Waterloo is subject to collective-bargaining rules for construction companies because it fixed a toilet handle at an addiction centre and hired an electrician to install a sign at a bus terminal.”
He says this “now paved the way for the Carpenters’ Union to monopolize local infrastructure contracts in Waterloo Region.”
