EMPC Old dogs new tricks conference presentation [pdf, 239 KB]
...would be likely to affect the public interest substantially. The test for “[affecting] the public interest substantially” is that a strike or lockout is likely to endanger the life, safety, or health of persons, or is likely to disrupt social, environmental, or economic interests, and the effects of disruption are likely to be widespread, long-term, or irreversible. 13 Most, if not all, applications for bargaining facilitation have been on the grounds of undue bargaining protr...