Legal Aid union files complaint, request for relief with labour board

The union representing Legal Aid Saskatchewan lawyers and administrative staff is taking legal action amid a controversial restructuring that involves layoffs and thousands of files being farmed out to private counsel.
In an unfair labour practices complaint filed Tuesday, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1949 accused the agency responsible for representing vulnerable people in court of failing to bargain “in good faith or at all” about its plans.
The complaint alleges Legal