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Ottawa wins appeal to block RCMP union
Source: CBC
Thousands of Mounties have lost their bid to be allowed to form a union.
Ontario's Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a 2009 lower court ruling that said it was unconstitutional to prevent members of the RCMP from forming a labour association.
The Court of Appeal judges said the elected members of the RCMP's Staff Relations Representative Program, which is not independent of management and doesn't have the power to negotiate a collective agreement to regulate working conditions, nevertheless does a good job of settling work-related issues such as pay.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/06/01/pol-rcmp-union-court-appeal.html
