industrial relations

Daniel Lopez, a spokesperson for California’s Department of Industrial Relations, said state labor agencies including the Labor Commissioner’s office and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health have submitted about 150 requests to the Department of Homeland Security requesting protections for workers employed by companies under investigation.

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, said the government's policies under the Employment Rights Bill were aimed at "repealing the anti-worker, anti-union laws, and turning the page on industrial relations".

In December 2017, Fish was barred from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system by California’s Department of Industrial Relations.

The union had been "appalled when Tesco threatened these individuals with fire and rehire to remove this benefit" and said the "tactics have no place in industrial relations".

But NDP's leadership reportedly began to re-evaluate the agreement last month, after Mr Trudeau's cabinet directed its industrial relations board to impose binding arbitration after Canada's two largest railways began a work stoppage.