Collective bargaining recognized by Charter

In a legal victory for unionized Canadaians, the Supreme Court has ruled 6-1 that collective bargaining is protected by the Charter.

"...The high court threw out sections of British Columbia's Bill 29, saying they interfere with that process "either by disregarding past processes of collective bargaining, by pre-emptively undermining future processes of collective bargaining, or both."

This seems to overturn the PIPS case, which denied collective bargaining any legal protection under the Charter.

You can read more here and here.

Needless to say, ensuring that a collective right is consistant with the largely individualistic Charter- especially the right to bargain collectively- is a huge victory.