LAW 529 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Party System, The Employer, Picketing

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 529
• Professor: Paul Lomic

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Dr. paul lomic (1) the union is concerned that the employer is not bargaining in good faith. The employer failed to bargain in good faith by refusing to meet; cancelling meetings, rescheduling meetings, not giving the negotiating team any power to bargain, surface bargaining, deliberate provocation, refusing to justify a position, (olivio, 2013) Section 17 of the olra states that the parties must have the true decision maker at the table. (olivio, The negotiating team was included more junior members of the human resource department. Surface bargaining is evident as the employer agrees to meet and discuss the issues but a real effort was not made to reach an agreement when the employer withdrew several concessions it had made without any explanation. According to section 17 of the ontario labour relations act, the parties must meet within 15 days after the notice to bargain has been given or they must agree on a later meeting time. (olivio, 2013)