Section 107 Strike Override

Updated: 2025.08.19 6M ago 1 sources
When Ottawa invokes Labour Code s.107, strikes are suspended and leverage shifts from unions to firms. Executives can plan around state intervention, blunting collective bargaining during high-stakes disputes. — Defines the practical limits of labor rights in a democracy and normalizes executive strikebreaking via arbitration, shaping corporate strategy, union power, and public trust in neutral labor adjudication.

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Flight Attendants Won’t Let Air Canada Profit From Unpaid Labor
Jeremy Appel 2025.08.19 100% relevant
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu imposed binding arbitration on Air Canada flight attendants under s.107; the CIRB declared the strike unlawful, and Air Canada’s CEO admitted anticipating this intervention.
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