Human Resources committee  The legislation put us really in a tough spot because there were principles in the legislation. It shouldn't surprise anybody around this table that the employers within FETCO were supportive of employees having the right to a secret ballot to vote their own conscience on whether

Human Resources committee  As I noted in my presentation, the fundamental right we believe employees should have is the right to choose their union representation. Not unlike most decisions that are made in that context, these votes in the democratic system are done secretly where an individual has an oppo

Human Resources committee  The latter, that it's more a partner. Speaking on behalf of the member organizations of FETCO, we are 18 members, firms, most of which are very large within the Canadian context, and most of which are heavily unionized, almost all in fact. These companies have long-standing sop

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to all honourable members seated around this table today. It is with pleasure that I present some thoughts to you today on Bill C-4 on behalf of FETCO. For those of you who are not aware, FETCO stands for Federally Regulated Employers - Tran