LRD guides and handbook May 2017

Law at Work 2017

Chapter 5

Closed shop


[ch 5: page 148]

It is unlawful to enforce 100% union organisation (a closed shop). Section 222 of TULRCA states that all industrial action to enforce 100% union membership agreements, or to cause an employer to discriminate against a non-member, is unlawful, leaving the union at risk of legal penalties. Any dismissal of a non-union member to enforce 100% membership is automatically unfair.