James returned to CHSMC in 2003 after five years with another Toronto
union-side firm.
James appears regularly on behalf of union clients at the OLRB,
CIRB, grievance arbitration, and at the Canada Appeals Office dealing
with health and safety issues in federal jurisdiction. He has represented
union clients in judicial reviews at both Ontario Divisional Court
and the Federal Court of Appeal.
His labour board
work has dealt with a broad range of issues and industries, including
complex status and bargaining unit disputes,
Bill 136 applications, trusteeships and construction matters. At
the CIRB, he was union counsel on DHL International Express Ltd.,
where for the first time the CIRB used its remedial powers to award
first contract arbitration without a reference from the Ministry
of Labour, resulting in the first collective agreement in Canada
at the world’s largest courier.
James leads the
firm’s
construction group. His work in the construction industry has covered
the gamut of issues including certifications,
related employer applications, abandonment applications, sector and
jurisdictional disputes, as well as private trade agreement arbitration.
In The Roberts Group, he made the first successful argument for damages
arising from a jurisdictional dispute at the OLRB.
He is a member of the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers (CALL),
and has presented on construction issues at the CALL annual conference;
and is a member of the OBA where he was co-chair of the first joint
CLE session of the Labour and Construction sections. |
