[homeles_ot-l] Fwd: Urgent! "Resending" Canada Industrial Relations Board Wants Your Input Regarding OC Strike!

[Terrie]

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From: Catherine Gardner <catherinegardner at magma.ca>
Date: 2009/1/6
Subject: Urgent! "Resending" Canada Industrial Relations Board Wants Your
Input Regarding OC Strike!
To: Catherine Gardner <catherinegardner at magma.ca>


 Dear Community Members,



Please see the notice at the *bottom* of this email regarding the request
from the Canada Industrial Relations Board site regarding for input from the
public regarding the OC Transpo strike. (please scroll past my signature)



They want to know how it is affecting you and will then determine whether to
order the OC Transpo workers back to work.



Please take the time to respond to their request.  I also urge you to
forward this onto family and friends. Submissions must be made by 5 p.m.
January 9th!



Thank you and have a good day!



Catherine Gardner

Community Advocate, www.catherinegardner.ca

Cans for Pets Recycling Program www.cansforpets.ca

(613) 726-3609 (Voice / TTY)



[image: Northern Hawk Owl Photo]

Freelance Photojournalist, www.pbase.com/catherinegardner



http://www.cirb-ccri.gc.ca/octranspo_eng.asp



http://www.cirb-ccri.gc.ca/octranspo_fra.asp?lang=fra

[image: Canada Industrial Relations Board]



*Notice To The Public ***

*In the matter of the Canada Labour Code (Part I - Industrial Relations) and
a referral by the Minister of Labour to the Canada Industrial Relations
Board pursuant to section 87.4(7) involving the City of Ottawa (OC Transpo)
and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 279.*

The Minister of Labour, the Honourable Rona Ambrose, has requested that the
Canada Industrial Relations Board determine the action, if any, that is
required in order for the employer, the union and the employees in the
bargaining unit to comply with section 87.4(1) during a work stoppage.

Section 87.4(1) of the *Canada Labour Code* provides that: "During a strike
or lockout not prohibited by this Part, the employer, the trade union and
the employees in the bargaining unit must continue the supply of services,
operation of facilities or production of goods *to the extent necessary to
prevent an immediate and serious danger to the safety or health of the
public*."

Keeping this criterion in mind, members of the public have an opportunity to
provide a written explanation as to why they think this obligation is or is
not being met during the current work stoppage involving the City of Ottawa
(OC Transpo) and the Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 279.

Submissions must provide specific details in support of the statements being
made and must be limited to the issue raised in this notice. They must also
include the name and contact information of the person making the
submission. Please note that all submissions received will be transmitted to
the employer and the trade union for their review and comment.

Submissions may be sent to the Canada Industrial Relations Board as follows:

   - by *email* at octranspo-atu at cirb-ccri.gc.ca
   - by *fax* at 613-941-4461
   - by *regular mail or by hand* at the following address:

Canada Industrial Relations Board, Regional Director
C.D. Howe Building, 4th Floor West, 240 Sparks Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0X8

Please note that all written submissions must be received at the Canada
Industrial Relations Board *no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 9, 2009*.

Ginette Brazeau
Executive Director and Senior Registrar

Date Modified: 2008-12-30

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Important Notices <http://www.cirb-ccri.gc.ca/notice_eng.asp>











-- 
Terrie ( mocharebyl at gmail.com )
"If you see an injustice being committed, you aren't an observer, you are a
participant." June Callwood
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and
renders the present inaccessible.  Maya Angelou
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