A disputed New Brunswick labour board decision could determine whether thousands of nursing home workers can go on strike. Labour board chair Robert Breen's 42,000-word decision concludes the law does violate the charter. Patrick Roy says the Canadian Union of Public Employees believes the 2018 labour board decision means the province's law deeming most nursing home employees an essential service no longer applies. Jodi Hall, executive director of the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes, says the effect of the decision on whether nursing home workers are essential services is unclear. The association went to the labour board in 2011, when the sides couldn't agree on the numbers for a Fredericton nursing home.

Source: CBC News March 06, 2019 09:56 UTC