Earlier this week, the Alberta Labour Relations Board issued their final new applications report for October 2025. In it was an application alleging unionbusting.
Technically, the application summary provided by ALRB does not use the term unionbusting, but it sure sounds like unionbusting.
According to the summary, Local 1325 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America filed the application on 22 October 2025.
The union is trying to help workers unionize, who are employed with Impact Builders and Framing Corp.
Located in Edmonton, Impact Builders and Framing specializes in large multi-family, infill, and custom-built construction projects.
The application summary states that Local 1325 accused Impact Builders and Framing of circulating a letter to workers with “incorrect insinuations” regarding the effects of unionizing.
For example, the letter apparently claimed workers “either could not work or would face pay cuts” should the unionize and get a collective agreement.
As well, Local 1325 said in their application, according to ALRB’s summary, that the letter “threatened” the employer would lose work, which, of course, implies that they would not have enough work to keep everyone employed.
Finally, the summary from the ALRB also reported that Local 1325 was alleging that unionization would “prevent employees from discussing their careers with management”.
Local 1325 called the actions of this letter “an attempt to intimidate employees from becoming union members”. They also told the ALRB that they were confident that it violated section 149.1.c of Alberta’s Labour Relations Code.
No employer or employers’ organization and no person acting on behalf of an employer or employers’ organization shall seek by intimidation, dismissal, threat of dismissal or any other kind of threat, by the imposition of a pecuniary or other penalty or by any other means, to compel an employee to refrain from becoming or to cease to be a member, officer or representative of a trade union
As such, Local 1325 has asked the ALRB to issue direction to Impact Builders and Framing for remedies with respect to the alleged violation of section 149.1.c.
Because the ALRB does not archive their new application reports, I have included a copy of this report below.
