Sentences with phrase «legal strike»

The top spot this week goes to our story on the ongoing legal strike.

By tomorrow morning, Michael Gove could be facing the very real prospect of courts across the country grinding to a halt as a wildcat legal strike gathers pace.

Ministers have defended plans to tighten the rules on strike ballots after unions said they would make legal strikes «almost impossible».

Protests of this nature don't constitute a legal strike for unionized workers, and the concept of striking in the strict sense doesn't exist for non-union workers.

About 50,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers will be in a legal strike or lockout position as of Saturday.

The union says in a release that the workers will be in a legal strike position on March 18, the day after their current contract expires.

For obvious reasons, they're one of the first groups to come into contact with the chaos reaped by a legal strike, so they function as a reliable litmus test of state nervousness about the action.

It's quite revealing to compare the rhetoric from the Ministry of Justice about the legal strike with the way it is discussed behind closed doors.

Require employee reinstatement at the conclusion of a legal strike or lockout and provide access to grievance arbitration in these circumstances to enforce the obligation

One of the most significant changes to the LRA requires employers to reinstate employees after a legal strike or lock - out, subject to certain conditions.

In addition, employees in a bargaining unit will be protected from employer discipline and from being discharged without just cause during two periods: 1) between certification and the date into which the first contract is entered, and 2) between the date they are in a legal strike or lock - out, and the date into which the new collective agreement is entered.

The LRA currently provides, subject to certain conditions, that an employee engaging in a legal strike may make an unconditional application to return to work within six months of the commencement of the strike.

Employees would have greater protection from discipline or discharge without just cause in the period between certification and the conclusion of a first contract, and between the date of a legal strike or lock - out and the new collective agreement.