'You might go to jail if you don't work overtime': Employer and Labour Board threaten charges and arrest if employees refuse 12-Hour overtime shifts

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    The initial thread posted by the Reddit user

    Font - r/antiwork Posted by u/Revolutionary-Job361 2 days ago . You might go to jail if you don't work overtime My dad doesn't have Reddit and he doesn't really understand this sub but he told me about this. He is working at Suncor which is a giant oil mine in Alberta. They are having trouble attracting workers due to a variety of reasons. So they offered an incentive. $150 extra every day until the job is complete. But they didn't offer it to everyone. The scaffolders didn't get it.
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    Font - It has been 90° every day for the past couple of weeks and these guys are out there working hard with everyone else and not getting the same bonus. So they started only working the hours required under the contract. 40 hours a week. Everyone else is working 12 hour days 6 days a week. The company just sent a cease and desist letter for an "illegal work action" threatening jobs, future employment, and even court MANDATED overtime with jail as a consequence for not working. It makes me glad
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    Which was then followed up by a separate thread with these screenshots titled "Forced overtime or jail threat." We have redacted specific details for the purpose of the unconfirmed nature of the images.

    Font - August 25, 2022 Memorandum to A Cease and Desist Coordinated Overtime Refusals For the last three days scaffolders have refused to work overtime beyond their 10 hour shifts at the site and have refused to accept overtime shifts offered for the weekend (Fri-Sun) on both night and day shifts. We have been patient and given your union an opportunity to convince you that this coordinated refusal constitutes an illegal strike, and that you may face consequences as a result. Obviously, this has
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    Font - We expect you to comply with the order and cease your illegal activities. Overtime is required, and we expect you to behave lawfully and take this work as you normally would. The Good News We cannot accept the past and ongoing unlawful actions of our staff in refusing overtime. That is not the lawful, or honourable, way of achieving our aims. That is why we were required to take legal action. However, our values and respects its employees and appreciates the commitment of its employees to
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    Straight to jail.

    Vision care - YOU REFUSE TO WORK OVERTIME? STRAIGHT TO JAIL, RIGHT AWAY imgflip.com
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    Among other reactions, commenters were wondering where the determination from the Labour Board was. It was posted and linked shortly afterwards.

    Font - Ar_phis 1 day ago They even put "voluntary" in fing quotation marks! I can only hope this conflict will be resolved "peacefully" 46. 6.7k Reply Share Anxious_Public_5409 1 day ago That's exactly what stuck out to me too! The word voluntary! This is fing insane! 612 Reply Share
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    Font - TheHammer_24 - 1 day ago "Beatings will continue until morale has improved" 3.8k scruggbug 1 day ago . Reply Share "the good news" "we'll have good news shortly." 595 177 Reply Share ... jacka24 1 day ago The good news is there is no more bad news Reply Share
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    Font - No_Instruction_7702 1 day ago Voluntary yet mandatory. Seems legit. Reply Share 2.1k IndyWaWa 1 day ago Voluntold 456 Reply Share
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    Font - TheMaStif 1 day ago "We were previously 'striking' only overtime hours; you have now forced us into a general strike" Capitalism has coerced people into wage- slavery for years; now that wage-slavery is not being enough, they are coercing us more blatantly 288 Reply Share
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    Font - Euphoric_Bunch_5800 1 day ago S is the honestly the worst site to work at in Alberta, maybe even Canada. They are greedy, and have 0 regard for the peoples safety. They're under paying and dangerously undermanning jobs and their excuse is that their stocks are too "low". I am a boilermaker, and left that job site recently due to ss pathetic excuse of management. I'm not surprised to see this happen there. Good luck to all the scaffolders out there ! Just know our union supports you. Reply
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    Font - Kumquat_conniption 1 day ago edited 10 hr. ago Refusing overtime is an illegal strike?? What in the hell kind of labor board we got anyway? That's absolutely ridiculous. I'm shocked. . Edit: if you're going to tell me why this is the case and the coordinated effort again, please look to see at least a dozen people already have. Thank you anyway. 2.8k 1.0k Reply Share ibe Mesamyg 1 day ago Overtime on an already 10 hour shift* as icing on the cake Reply Share
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    Font - Emergency-Dot-8611 1 day ago So if refusing to work overtime is "illegal" then what is quitting? 990 Reply Share Generic Supervillain3 1 day ago Double illegal. Also, asking to be paid is Super illegal. 657 Reply Share

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