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CaleyWray
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 over 40 years. The firm provides
representation 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, manufacturing, transportation
and service. Clients are in the public and
private sectors and the firm represents
them in both federal and provincial
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 matters 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
35-lawyer firm now represents clients such
as the Ontario English Catholic Teachers,
the Elementary Teachers' Federation of
Ontario, the Ontario Nurses Association
and Labourers' International Union of
North America. The firm's mandates
include representing the Canadian Civil
Liberties Association and Canadian
Journalists for Free Expression on the Bill
C-51 constitutional challenge, serving
as counsel to Canadian non-residents in
their constitutional challenge relating to
their right to vote, advocating on behalf
of complainants and the CCLA in the
disciplinary hearings in respect of police
"kettling" during the G20 summit in
Toronto, representing Grassy Narrows
First Nation in their dispute with Ontario
and Canada over mercury poisoning and
recently, appearing in the Supreme Court
of Canada in the Groia appeal.
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
over 40 years. From a four-lawyer office
in the mid-1970s, the firm has grown
to 50 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 international organizations seeking
to protect workers' 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 and minimum
wage class actions on behalf of junior
hockey players.
Pink Larkin
Halifax, Fredericton
pinklarkin.com
Pink Larkin is a dispute resolution law
firm. Evolving from a "work law" heritage
in employee-side labour law, the firm has
honed its negotiation skills to resolving
problems that range from complex
high-level conflicts and intricate cases,
to everyday business issues. Privately
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