{"id":950913,"date":"2026-10-29T18:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950913\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:02:10","slug":"canadas-unions-prepare-for-nationwide-fight-over-ottawas-labour-law-proposals-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/950913\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s unions prepare for nationwide fight over Ottawa\u2019s labour law proposals | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793296930_868_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bea Bruske, Canadian Labour Congress president, speaks during a news conference at the Canadian Labour Congress&#8217; Canadian Council meeting in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Adrian Wyld<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tOct 29, 2026 | 10:47 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Canadian labour leaders are warning that unions could bring about a nationwide job action if Ottawa rams through a contentious suite of proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberal government\u2019s Bill C-39 includes language that would clarify a minister\u2019s power to scuttle a strike or lockout in federally regulated industries if the national interest is at stake.<\/p>\n<p>Union leaders have said the new framework amounts to an attack on the right to strike.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Labour Congress president Bea Bruske said today that Canada\u2019s unions are setting up a \u201cwar room\u201d to mount a joint defence if Ottawa uses the proposed powers to force workers off the picket line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bea Bruske, Canadian Labour Congress president, speaks during a news conference at the Canadian Labour Congress&#8217; Canadian Council&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":950914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,20739,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-950913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-ottawa","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/950914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}