At odds with Rugby Canada, men’s sevens players set for union vote
Members of the Canadian men’s rugby sevens team, who are currently boycotting training, vote Monday on whether to have the United Steelworkers represent them.
The players’ request for union representation was heard Friday at a meeting of the B.C. Labour Relations Board.
There are more steps needed after the vote. Rugby Canada, which is opposed to the unionization attempt, is to make its submission by Oct. 1 with the union responding by Oct 9. Rugby Canada gets to deliver its response to that by Oct. 16.
In a statement, Rugby Canada said it would reserve full comment until the outcome of the hearing “out of respect for the BCLRB’s established process.”