Canadian construction company Aecon broke the law when it fired a worker who was trying to get others to join a new union, the Manitoba Labour Board found.
Aecon Construction Solutions committed unfair labour practices by dismissing an employee trying to get the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America (UBCJA) Local 1999 certified to represent workers at two Winnipeg sites, a decision from September says.
The province awarded the company a contract to build roundabouts and overpasses at St. Mary's Road and the Perimeter Highway in 2022. Aecon is also part of a joint venture making upgrades to the city's North End sewage treatment plant.
Aecon Group said in a statement the incident happened during what's often called a union "raid."
"The individuals involved are no longer employed with Aecon and we remain committed to working with our union partners," the statement said.
The labour board's ruling, dated Sept. 9, said that last year, Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Local 152 became aware a shop steward — identified in the decision as "T.V." — was recruiting for UBCJA. He was removed from the shop steward role on March 21, 2024.
Witnesses said the following morning, T.V. was talking about being removed as steward, and about the advantages of joining UBCJA, at the St. Mary's Road project when a foreman interrupted him and told him to sit down.
"The unchallenged evidence is that very shortly after that … he was escorted off the premises," the...
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