PC leader Tim Hudak has proposed legal changes that would make Ontario the equivalent of the worst right-to-work states of the US.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1217880--tim-hudak-u...
Many of the regulations he would like to scrap were enacted or bolstered by previous Conservative governments. Still, Hudak complained the situation has become untenable. “In many cases union leaders have become so powerful that many employees in effect have two bosses — their actual employer and the people who run their union.” To correct that, he would like union membership to no longer be mandatory and would outlaw the “forced paycheque contributions” unionized workers make to political causes. A PC government would also end the closed tendering for government contracts and curb “the artificial restriction on the number of our youth able to enter the skilled trades” through apprenticeship changes.In their plan, the Tories also urge secret ballots in all union certification votes and allow private companies to compete with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to provide coverage. ... In their plan, the Tories also urge secret ballots in all union certification votes and allow private companies to compete with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board to provide coverage.
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Hudak’s proposal would undo years of gains for Ontario workers and do little to generate employment. “It’s a mass gutting of labour laws in Ontario. It’s certainly not something I hear is necessary,” she said,