Industry concerned over Bill 10
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PRINCE GEORGE – When one thinks of trades and labour, one thinks of construction. But that’s not the case, based on a letter to government with representation from construction to the taxpayers federation to Restaurants Canada. It is expressing extreme concern over Bill 10, which changes the certification process for unions under the Labour Relations Code. Under the current certification system, if 45 to 50 percent of employees who want to unionize and then it heads to the Labour Relations for a secret ballot.
“What the BC is currently doing under Bill 10 is removing, essentially, the secret vote,” explains Scott Bone with the North Regional Construction Association. “In other words, the LRB or the Labour Relations Board is involved in this. And that creates a significant amount of concern because what they’re really doing is pushing this as now just a vote. And there is no longer any secondary secret vote to allow an independent body like the LRB to review the application.”
According to the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, 85 percent of the 250-thousand people in the construction sector are not part of a traditional union. And he says ballots of all kinds are done by way of a secret ballot, why shouldn’t certification?
