An MHA on the Burin Peninsula says there have already been layoffs at the Grieg facility at the heart of a union organizing drive in which the identities of those who signed union cards was provided to the employer.
Organized labour is irate that the Labour Relations Board would release that information to the employer, but the minister responsible for labour will not be commenting on the alleged privacy breach.
Placentia West-Bellevue MHA Jeff Dwyer says he has many unionized employees in his district and that he stands with them.
He wants answers about what happened. Ironically, the aggrieved employees will have to file a complaint with the Labour Relations Board—which is the same board that made the mistake, he says. Dwyer would like to see some type of investigation to determine how the mixup occurred.
The Department of Immigration, Skills and Labour says the Labour Relations Board is an independent, quasi-judicial body and the matter in question is exclusively within the purview of that board.
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