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City committed unfair labour practices by threatening contracting out in retaliation for a successful union grievance.
The union filed an unfair labour practice complaint alleging that the City of North York retaliated against it following a successful arbitration award that reinstated an employee discharged for drug offences.
The City initiated a process to contract out garbage collection, froze hiring and purchasing, removed a union representative from a health and safety committee, and the Mayor made numerous public statements attacking the union and threatening privatization.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board found that the City's actions were motivated by anti-union animus and intended to intimidate employees from exercising their right to file grievances.
The Board ordered the City to cease the contracting out process, lift the hiring freeze, reinstate the committee member, and post notices of the violations.
