Employment & labour law, Quebec, Quebec Superior Court, Rulings
Leave a comment

Montreal blue collar union fined $100,000 for contempt of court

Montreal’s blue collar union and its controversial president and executives were sentenced to pay $103,000, the maximum fine allowable, for contempt of court after organizing an illegal one-day strike in spite of an injunction issued by a labour tribunal the previous day.

The stern ruling, one of only a handful over the past decade that have found Quebec unions guilty of contempt of court, is intended to send a harsh warning to the labour movement that the courts will not tolerate willful blindness, according to labour lawyers.

Read More

This story was originally published in The Lawyers Weekly.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *