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Senior couriers

I am a "Senior Courier" and I want to join the Teamsters union and sign a card, but Management has told all of us Senior Couriers that we can't be part of the Union because we are considered management. Is this true?

That is false unless you have the power to hire and fire employees.

The law protects you

The Canada Labour Code makes it crystal clear that you are protected from intimidation or worse from your employer as you consider joining a union. Here's what it has to say.

No employer or person acting on behalf of an employer shall:

(a) refuse to employ or to continue to employ or suspend, transfer, lay off or otherwise discriminate against any person with respect to employment, pay or any other term or condition of employment or intimidate, threaten or otherwise discipline any person, because the person

(i) is or proposes to become, or seeks to induce any other person to become, a member, officer or representative of a trade union or participates in the promotion, formation or administration of a trade union.