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CACC Meets with UHM Voice of the Workers and Malta Government Lawyers
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[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2025-03-14
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[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2025-01-10
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[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2025-01-06
N.L. government invests in 18 new Crown attorneys amid severe staffing crunch
Newfoundland and Labrador Justice Minister Bernard Davis announced Wednesday afternoon that the provincial government is investing nearly $24 million to improve the province's justice system.... The investment comes after CBC News reported in numerous stories that Crown attorneys in the province were "suffocating" from overwhelming workloads and a critical staffing shortage.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2024-11-14
Newfoundland to add more Crown prosecutors
Newfoundland and Labrador has agreed to hire more Crown lawyers following cries of a shortage of prosecutors in the province. The “multi-year investment” will include the hiring of 18 new Crown lawyers, according to a news release.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2024-11-13
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Strike of Quebec lawyers, notaries leaves provincial lawmakers in the lurch
24-10-2016
Quebec government lawyers and notaries form a picket line at the courthouse Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 in Montreal. The group, which has been working without a contract for over a year began a general unlimited strike to push contract negotiations. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)
Lawyers and notaries who work for the Quebec government began a general strike today, grinding the drafting of provincial bills to a halt.
The 1,100 members of the union Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois (LANEQ) have been without a collective agreement for a year and half.
François Desroches-Lapointe, who is on the union's executive board, thinks the province will try to resolve the dispute quickly. Bills must be written before the National Assembly's Nov. 4 deadline or they can't be passed this legislative session.
"Of course there is a strategic decision behind the timing," Desroches-Lapointe said.
The union says the strike leaves lawmakers paralyzed at a time when dozens of measures are waiting to be pushed ahead — such as the provincial rules on dangerous dogs, promised since the summer.
"The government has many law projects it wants to present in this session. If they're not ready, they're going to have to wait. It could freeze the National Assembly's work," Desroches-Lapointe said.
Crown prosecutors are not among those going on strike.
Ready for long-term strike
During the strike, legal advice and representation for the province will be suspended.
Desroches-Lapointe says the union wants to change the way it negotiates with the province.
It wants an independent third-party committee appointed by both parties to decide on disagreements.
"As we are the government's lawyers and notaries, we don't want to be in conflict with the government every three years, when we have to negotiate our work condition," Desroches-Lapointe said.
Union members marched and held rallies Monday at courthouses across the province.
Desroches-Lapointe says the union is ready for a long-term strike, if necessary.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lawyers-strike-quebec-1.3818279
