Labour Law Through the Prism of Paccar

This is a story about accidents of litigation. When people contend for control over principles, personality, identity, possessions, freedoms, power - it is not exceptional that they should seek resolution through «third party intervention»: a friend, a priest - even the legal system. It is inevitable that the process of intervention generates «spin-offs» which the contestants did not seek or want, but which nevertheless take on a life of their own. Such is the case with Paccar¹• The litigants wanted to know from the Labour Rela­tions Board of British Columbia whether the employer could make unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment after the collec­tive agreement expired but before the employer recovered the right to lock out....