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48 www.canadianlawyermag.com FEATURES TOP LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT BOUTIQUES ters including judicial review, injunctions and bankruptcy proceedings. Cavalluzzo LLP Toronto cavalluzzo.com Paul Cavalluzzo, Jim Hayes and Elizabeth Shilton founded the firm in 1983 with a focus on social justice and equality. The 30-lawyer firm now represents diverse public- and private-sector trade unions and professional associations such as the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario, the Ontario Nurses Association, the Laborers' International Union of North America, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers and the Society of United Professionals, as well as individual employees in their disputes with employers. The firm recently won a string CaleyWray Labour and Employment Lawyers Toronto caleywray.com CaleyWray is a full-service labour firm that has been serving trade unions and working on behalf of trustees/trust funds for more than 40 years. The firm provides represen- tation to its clients in all areas of law that impact trade unions and their members. CaleyWray acts for a variety of clients in construction, health care, industry, manufac- turing, transportation and service. Clients are in the public and private sectors and the firm represents them in both federal and provin- cial jurisdictions. The firm's lawyers work in all labour-related forums including grievance arbitration, federal and provincial labour boards, human rights tribunals and workers compensation tribunals. CaleyWray lawyers also attend court on behalf of clients for mat- of precedent-setting awards in the areas of systemic gender discrimination and pay equity, and it is leading the way in the fight to unionize precarious workers in the gig econ- omy, including on behalf of Foodora workers. The firm's mandates include a class action against the Ontario government with respect to the cancellation of the Basic Income Pilot, a sexual harassment complaint against the Toronto Police Service, constitutional chal- lenges against federal back-to-work legisla- tion and provincial restrictions on political speech during the lead-up to general elec- tions, as well as representing Grassy Narrows First Nation in its dispute with Ontario and Canada over mercury poisoning. The firm recently appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in a number of appeals relating to freedom of association and collective bargaining rights, workers' health and safety, pension entitlements, Aboriginal rights, s. 15 equality rights and pay equity. Goldblatt Partners LLP Toronto, Ottawa goldblattpartners.com Goldblatt Partners has represented trade unions and professional associations in all aspects of labour and employment law for more than 40 years. From a four-lawyer office in the mid-1970s, the firm has grown to almost 60 lawyers in Toronto and Ottawa. It serves a broad client base of trade unions, including labourers, education and hospital employees, university faculty and municipal employees, as well as lawyers, physicians and judges. The firm has represented the Canadian Labour Congress in numerous Supreme Court of Canada freedom of association and equality rights cases and has also worked with interna- tional organizations seeking to protect work- ers' rights. It has civil litigation and criminal law practices, which often intersect with the labour law practice. Other public interest cases include unpaid overtime class actions against Canadian banks and other employers, as well as minimum-wage class actions on behalf of junior hockey players. Top 5 Labour & Employment Boutiques – Union Side 2020-21 TOP 5 BOUTIQUE C A N A D I A N L AW Y E R M A G A Z I N E Labour & ent Employme Union-Side Labour & Employment Union-Side

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