Union may consider challenge to Bill 148: CUPE
Conciliation talks between The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1867 — representing highway workers — and the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal broke off Oct. 25, after an impasse was declared by the conciliation officer appointed by the labour department.
Both groups have been in negotiations, including conciliation, since November 2014, said the union.
“As per the Nova Scotia Highway Workers’ Collective Bargaining Act, the next step in the process is for an arbitration board to be appointed by the minister at the request of one or both the parties, which will take place in the coming months,” said Steve Joy, CUPE Local 1867 president. “CUPE will now explore its options regarding the right to a Charter challenge of the Liberal government’s Bill 148.”
CUPE 1867, Nova Scotia Highway Workers’ Union, represents 1,400 workers committed to ensuring safe travel in all parts of the province for the motoring public, according to the union.
