{"id":76343,"date":"2016-05-25T21:57:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T01:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=76343"},"modified":"2016-05-25T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T01:57:57","slug":"liberals-move-rescind-conservative-changes-revamp-public-sector-bargaining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/05\/25\/liberals-move-rescind-conservative-changes-revamp-public-sector-bargaining\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals move to rescind Conservative changes, revamp public sector bargaining"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12199\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12199\" style=\"width: 3762px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4_Parliament-Hill-Ottawa-Photo-by-Asif-Ali-CC-BY-ND-NC-2.0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12199\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4_Parliament-Hill-Ottawa-Photo-by-Asif-Ali-CC-BY-ND-NC-2.0.jpg\" alt=\"Parliament Hill, Ottawa\/ Photo by Asif Ali\/ CC BY-ND-NC 2.0\" width=\"3762\" height=\"2442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4_Parliament-Hill-Ottawa-Photo-by-Asif-Ali-CC-BY-ND-NC-2.0.jpg 3762w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4_Parliament-Hill-Ottawa-Photo-by-Asif-Ali-CC-BY-ND-NC-2.0-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4_Parliament-Hill-Ottawa-Photo-by-Asif-Ali-CC-BY-ND-NC-2.0-1024x664.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3762px) 100vw, 3762px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parliament Hill, Ottawa\/ Photo by Asif Ali\/ CC BY-ND-NC 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OTTAWA\u2014The federal Liberals say they&#8217;ll roll back changes to public-sector bargaining brought in by the previous Conservative government.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Board President Scott Brison says in a release that portions of the 2013 omnibus budget bill will be formally repealed with new legislation when Parliament returns from the summer recess next fall.<\/p>\n<p>The Conservative changes allowed the government to unilaterally decide which employees offered essential services and therefore determine who was allowed to strike.<\/p>\n<p>The 2013 bill also made salary arbitration dependent on the government&#8217;s budget priorities, curtailing the independence of the process.<\/p>\n<p>Public-sector unions promised a constitutional challenge to what they said was an attack on collective bargaining.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal government has already introduced legislation to repeal two other controversial Conservative-era labour bills that would have forced all unions to publicly disclose their internal financial workings and changed the process for union certification and de-certification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy restoring fair and balanced labour laws, the government is recognizing that labour unions play an important role protecting workers&#8217; rights and strengthening the middle class,\u201d Brison said in a news release Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs another important step in rebuilding the relationship with Canada&#8217;s public service, we are moving to repeal changes to the public service labour relations regime brought into law by the previous government.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA\u2014The federal Liberals say they&#8217;ll roll back changes to public-sector bargaining brought in by the previous Conservative government. 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