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The Nova Scotia Trade Union Act, 1972, Innis Christie
The Nova Scotia Trade Union Act, 1972, Innis Christie
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The much amended Trade Union Act of Nova Scotia' has been redrafted with a number of substantive changes. This note is simply to alert lawyers to the changes, and to some extent, to attempt to explain the reasons for them.
Re United Ass'n Of Journeymen & Apprentices Of The Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry Of The United States And Canada, Local 221, And Fraser-Brace Engineering Co Ltd, Innis Christie, F Quaife, A A. White
Re United Ass'n Of Journeymen & Apprentices Of The Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry Of The United States And Canada, Local 221, And Fraser-Brace Engineering Co Ltd, Innis Christie, F Quaife, A A. White
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The grievor, an employee in the construction industry, was discharged for "loafing". Warnings given by the field superintendent and the general foreman had not been passed down to him by the working foreman, and the privilege of taking "smoke breaks" was "flexible". The agreement provided that an employee could be discharged "for cause". The majority of the board, A.A. White, dissenting, held, even if the requirements of "cause" in the construction agreement were considerably lower than the requirements of "just cause" common in general industrial situations, "cause" for dismissal was not established here. In the construction industry, where foremen …