After months of speaking out against it, five major unions are taking the government to court.

On Monday, the CSQ, CSN, FTQ, CSD and the APT filed a lawsuit in Quebec superior court, arguing the legislation infringes on workers’ rights and gives the government unprecedent power. “The minister by himself will have the possibility to stop a strike — to suspend the strike — and by himself to say it’s enough and that’s it, there’s no more strike,” said Éric Gingras, CSQ president. “And the Supreme Court [has] stated it’s a constitutional right to strike.”

A few weeks ago, Boulet had attempted to move up Law 14’s implementation when Montreal’s public transit system was paralyzed due to striking maintenance workers and bus drivers.

Gingras says the CAQ is choosing a fight that doesn’t need to

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