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Dear Senator ___________ I ask you to vote against C-525. This bill is unnecessary and will upset the balance between employers and unions. This bill is designed to make it harder for working people to organize themselves into unions and easier to decertify unions. The original version of C-525 was so laughably one-sided that it was amended in the House of Commons, but even the version that you are now debating is stacked against unions. This bill will upset the balance between employers and unions because: The bill revokes automatic certification and does not require a true majority of support for decertification. It does not impose strict timelines on when votes happen. It does not address the fact that the Canada Industrial Relations Board, which is tasked with overseeing the Canada Labour Code, does not have the resources and staff necessary to implement C-525. It has removed a provision, which blocked decertification applications during a delicate period when the union was trying to negotiate a collective agreement. This one sided legislation marks a huge and historical departure from how changes to labour legislation are normally developed in the Federal sector. As was demonstrated at the House of Commons Committee hearings into C-525, neither the employer community nor the union community is calling for these changes. C-525 politicizes a labour code where balance had been found by employers and unions. I would like you to assure me that you will respect the balance that can be achieved between employer and worker interests in the federal sector. I look forward to a response from you, where you commit to voting against Bill C-525.

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