Labour Relations

The Ministry of Labour promotes a stable and constructive labour relations climate and fosters productive workplace relationships in Ontario. The Ministry’s labour relations activities focus on settling workplace disputes under various employment-related statutes, assisting in the settlement of collective agreements and producing collective bargaining information.

Labour Management Services provides neutral third party assistance to trade unions and employers through collective agreement conciliation and mediation, the appointment of arbitrators, and the provision of timely and neutral collective bargaining information. These services are provided by:

• Arbitration Services
• Mediation Services
• Collective Bargaining Information Services (CBIS)

Mediation Services aims to foster harmonious labour relations and to minimize disruption in the workplace arising from strikes and lockouts. The service provides conciliation and mediation services in order to assist the parties in bargaining collective agreements. The service also provides an Interactive Solutions program to assist the parties in improving their relationship and to provide an awareness of best practices.

CBIS services include the collection, analysis and distribution of information on the province's 9,500 collective bargaining relationships.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board is an independent quasi-judicial tribunal that is responsible for a wide variety of matters including determining bargaining units and bargaining agents, trade union certification, unfair labour practices, first contract arbitration, and jurisdictional disputes.

Features:

Collective Bargaining Highlights
This report provides information on negotiated wage settlements in Ontario, including settlement summaries, wage trends and major negotiations underway. The reports for March, June, September and December also provide quarterly information on work stoppages, duration of negotiations, and the stage at which negotiations were settled.
September 2006

Ontario Collective Bargaining Agreement Expirations: 2006