Alberta Bill That Would Let Union Members Opt Out of Union Political Activity via Dues Likely Headed to Supreme Court

Alberta Bill That Would Let Union Members Opt Out of Union Political Activity via Dues Likely Headed to Supreme Court
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. The Canadian Press/Jason Franson
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Alberta’s new bill that offers union members a choice whether to support their union’s political activity via union dues will be met with a legal challenge that will most likely go to the Supreme Court, past cases show.

“This is a Supreme Court case,” said labour and constitutional law expert Gilles LeVasseur, who teaches at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management.