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Know Your Rights
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Know Your Rights
It is your right to form a union in your workplace. Every province in Canada enforces and protects your right to form a union, and employers are not permitted to interfere. Joining a union is a democratic and civil right.
Employers are not allowed to stop workers from joining or organizing a union. If an employee has joined a union or is trying to organize a union, an employer cannot:
Cut their wages
Reduce their hours
Demote their position
Threaten their job
Reduce their job responsibilities
Ask employees if they have signed a union card
Stop employees from talk about a union
Employers have paid hefty fines for breaking these laws. Workers should not let their employer’s intimidate them. Workers must know their rights to protect themselves.
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