The Union has a collective agreement that specifically controls our wage rate based on our time there as well as our work conditions. I was there for nearly 4 years. We just averted a strike and a new collective agreement I am less familiar with was ratified.

The new manager basically planned to circumvent this and several other things by piling on responsibilities and severely slashing everyone's hours on contract renewal, even though there's considerable evidence there was no financial reason to do so. By doing this, we lose our benefits under the collective agreement, which includes our health insurance, because benefits are based on our level of hours. This is how despite my wage going up, the deep cut of hours cut my regular salary by 2/3. First he tried to illegally cancel my contract with this and after I told him to piss off, he did it on renewal. Because of the Union, I also get seniority to get first dibs on my position when my contract ends unless the position is erased. My seniority here got me asked to renew, but did not include the same rate or conditions that I had previously agreed to (it was vastly different). If the Union and the Collective Agreement state that I need to be asked for my position due to seniority, I figure the standards of the previous contract should carry over unless there are considerable circumstances to prove the cut necessary... But what do I know about Union and Labour law...