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JMA was delighted to continue our annual summer tradition of hosting a barbecue for everyone at our building this afternoon.  This year  was extra poignant as outgoing president of CUPE Local 503 and longtime friend of JMA, Brian Madden, began a well-earned retirement this summer!  We were happy Brian was able to make it out
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This past Saturday, John, Randy, Meghan and Helen took advantage of the beautiful sunshine by participating in ATU 279’s annual Golf 4 CHEO fundraising event.  Thank goodness for Best Ball or else they’d all still be out on the back 9!

Full time Temporary Legal Assistant Our union-side labour law firm in Westboro is seeking a full time legal assistant to temporarily fill in during a medical absence. The position will be for a minimum six month term.  The primary responsibilities of this position will comprise transcription, editing, and formatting of correspondence and pleadings based on
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This past Saturday John, Randy, Meghan and Helen took advantage of the beautiful sunshine and proudly supported ATU 279‘s annual Golf 4 CHEO fundraising event.  Thank goodness for Best Ball or else they’d all still be out on the back 9!

Randy Slepchik had the chance to speak with CBC Morning Live about the importance of collaboration in the disability accommodation process and how disability accommodation is part of creating a more just society: Discussion begins around the 2:20 mark: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-100-ottawa-morning

In Wood v. CTS of Canada Co., 2018 ONCA 758, the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) upheld the Superior Court of Justice’s finding of a “qualitative” component to reasonable notice of termination. The closure of a Streetsville manufacturing plant had resulted in a mass termination for the purposes of section 41 of the Employment Standards
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By: Elsa Ascencio, articling student. Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada weighed in on how a trade union can be sued and determined that trade unions can properly be sued by way of representation order. A representation order is an order that can be obtained from a court whereby one or more persons are appointed
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On March 5th, 2018, Associate Alycia Shaw and our articling student, Elsa Ascencio, were invited to speak at an event hosted by the Women’s Legal Mentorship Program at the University of Ottawa. The event – titled “Racialized Women Working in Law”— explored the barriers that racialized female lawyers face in the legal profession. Alycia and
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Jewitt McLuckie started the year by visiting with medical students at Ottawa Hospital’s general campus. On January 3, 2018, Randy and Alycia met with physical medicine and rehabilitation resident physicians to talk to them about how they can best support patients who struggle with disability and who are having difficulty accessing disability benefits. Both Randy and
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