A Canadian labour board dismissed another complaint about unions’ acceptance of vaccine mandates, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. .“The complaint is clearly untimely,” said Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (PSLREB) adjudicator Amelie Lavictoire in a ruling. .The latest grievance was rejected on a technicality, but arbitrators ruled unions acted in good faith by accepting vaccine mandates. .Federal employees have 90 days to file complaints under the Public Service Labour Relations Act. This grievance was filed four months late. .The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) said in August it never challenged vaccine mandates in court because the cases would likely fail. .READ MORE: Canada's largest union never challenged vaccine mandates in court.“It determined a legal challenge would have little chance of success and that the most effective way to represent members would be on a case-by-case basis,” said the PSLREB. .Most of PSAC’s 230,000 members were subject to a federal vaccine mandate imposed in 2021. .Provincial labour boards have dismissed challenges by union members who opposed vaccine mandates. The Alberta Labour Relations Board (ALRB) said in January unions were right to have them. .“Nothing in the material before the board indicates the union acted arbitrarily, with serious negligence, or in bad faith,” said the ALRB. .It dismissed complaints by members against the Natural Gas Employees Association and Canadian Energy Workers’ Association..It noted most workers agreed to show proof of vaccination under employers’ mandates. Most workers said vaccine mandates would create a safe work environment. .No federal legislation banned vaccine mandates as a COVID-19 restriction. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre introduced a bill in June to ban them. .“I call on all Members of Parliament to end this discrimination,” said Poilievre. .“Give people back control of their own personal medical decisions and their bodies by passing this bill.”
