Quebec’s labour tribunal has ordered McGill College to cease obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time legislation professors.
The tribunal discovered the college seems to have violated the Quebec Labour Code when its administration despatched two emails to legislation professors criticizing the union, in keeping with an Aug. 30 resolution.
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The college despatched the emails to legislation school within the days earlier than they voted to go on an infinite strike coinciding with the beginning of lessons.
The tribunal discovered the 2 emails tried to undermine the union’s credibility at a very delicate second and ordered McGill to tell the union earlier than any future communication with legislation professors.
The legislation professors’ union was licensed in November 2022 by the labour tribunal, however the college will problem that certification throughout a Quebec Superior Courtroom listening to in December.
The union launched an infinite strike final Monday, with calls for centered on school governance, salaries and the precise to unionize.
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