Acts and Regulations

I-4 - Industrial Relations Act

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Picketing
104(1)Where there is a strike that is not unlawful under this Act or a lock-out, a trade union or council of trade unions, members of which are on strike or locked out, and anyone authorized by the trade union or council of trade unions, may, at the employer’s place of business, operations or employment, and without acts that are otherwise unlawful, persuade or endeavour to persuade anyone not to
(a) enter the employer’s place of business, operations or employment,
(b) deal in or handle the products of the employer, or
(c) do business with the employer.
104(1.1)For the purposes of subsection (1), the employer’s place of business, operations or employment does not include the described geographic area of a major project unless the members of the trade union or council of trade unions who are on strike or locked out were, when the strike or lock-out commenced, engaged in on-site work.
104(2)Except as provided in subsection (1), in respect of matters to which this Act applies, no trade union or council of trade unions or other person shall persuade or endeavour to persuade anyone not to
(a) enter an employer’s place of business, operations or employment,
(b) deal in or handle the products of any person, or
(c) do business with any person.
104(3)Public expressions of sympathy or support, otherwise than by picketing, on the part of trade unions or others not directly concerned in the strike or lock-out do not contravene subsection (2).
1971, c.9, s.105; 1972, c.37, s.2; 1989, c.14, s.4