Siege was angry, This was the second year in a row that she had missed her son's school play because her employer suddenly had a rush order and the employees were expected to drop all personal plans and works "whatever hours" required to get the order prepared to be shipped and "whatever hours" required 18 hours or more for two or three days straight. As well, there was no overtime paid, no vacation pays in lieu of time worked, no bonus, and the employees were expected to cover their normal shifts as well.This happened several times during the year and the employer's explanation was always that it was not possible to predict when large order might come in and if the employees don't want to work the time, they don't have to- "someone else would happy to have the opportunity to take your place". These thinly veiled threats didn't sit well with Siege either. She had seen the movie Norma Rae! She may not be Sally field, but she knew what had to be done.

Siege wants to create a union at her place of employment to deal with the awful working conditions and the blatant unfairness.(Did we mention her employer has two Porshe sports cars? One for summer and one for winter driving so that the tires don't need to be changed.) She has come to you because her neighbour said you have taken a business course and know about employment matters. Advise Siege on the requirements, processes and timelines in your province to creating a union to represent the employees of the business.