Military Commander Threatens Legal Action Over Union Picketing at Kingston Base

Military Commander Threatens Legal Action Over Union Picketing at Kingston Base
Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada watch a performance as they picket outside Place du Portage in Gatineau, Que., on April 28, 2023. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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The commander of a military base has issued a warning to one of the largest components of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to cease all blockade activities at his base immediately or face legal action.

In a letter to the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE) Local 00641, Colonel Sonny Hatton of the Canadian Forces Base Kingston in Ontario told its president, Chris Snooks, that striking bureaucrats who block access to the military base must stop their “illegal picketing activities” right away.