Aecon Group says individuals involved no longer employed by company: 'We remain committed to working with our union partners'
While an employer may be found to have committed union-busting actions, that does not guarantee that unionization will be given certification, as the Manitoba Labour Board recently ruled.
The Board decided that Aecon Construction Solutions committed unfair labour practices during a union organizing campaign at two major Winnipeg construction sites, ordering the company to pay $2,000 in penalties.
In its decision, the Board said that Aecon violated the Labour Relations Act by terminating an employee—referred to as T.V.—who was advocating for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 1999 (UBC), and by allowing management to make comments intended to intimidate workers considering switching unions.
According to the Board, the message was “designed and delivered with the goal of interfering with the ability of employees to freely express their wishes in deciding whether to become members of the Applicant Union.”
The case centred on events at Aecon’s North End Water Pollution Control Centre and St. Mary’s Interchange Project, where UBC sought to displace the incumbent union, Construction Workers Union, CLAC 152.
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