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The charges were filed as per the TWU Constitution with the Secretary Treasurer, Jim Christensen. The trial board,made up of most of executive council (some recused themselves) met and set dates for the trial. The date it was to start was Thursday, July 20th at 1:30 p.m. At 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Justice Silverman heard the application for an interlocutory injunction (deja vous all over again!) the case was called Bruce Bell in his personal capacity and in his capacity as president of the TWU vs. Jim Christensen, in his capacity as Secretary Treasurer. The writ of summons was filed on July 17th by Jessica Bowering of the law firm Caroline Gibson and Barnes in Vancouver.
Bruce's lawyer argued a) there
were no actual charges defined in the constitution which describe dereliction of duty so
therefore the 21 charges against him were not constitutional and should not be heard by a
trial board. If we are wrong on this, says Bruce's lawyer, and the trial should
proceed, it should not proceed as it is made up of members of Executive Council because
the entire lot of them are biased. (That argument was less effective when he accused the
entire Canadian Industrial Relations Board of bias, which likely failed to win over the
CIRB to the TWU position. The reason the CIRB failed to rule on the scab tribunals was
because Darren returned to the table with Bruce and Buzz. Not necessarily because they
were biased.).
The Judge disagreed on all counts. The charges were valid. The process was valid, and set
out clearly in the Constitution. There is absolutely no evidence of bias, particularly
since members of Exec Council had recused themselves from the Board prior to the hearing,
obviously they took the matter of bias seriously.
In the last decision the judge said:
| [17] Officers of any
organization who are the subject of such a non-confidence vote would usually, as a
practical matter, give serious consideration to resigning. The very fact that such a
motion has been passed would raise serious questions about their ability to function
effectively in office. They would have to ask themselves whether remaining in office would
be in their own or the organization’s best interest. However, that is not the same
thing as saying there is a positive requirement to resign, enforceable either by the
organization or by the court. [30] In the absence of a proper recall motion or a constitutional amendment, the convention delegates who wish to remove executive officers may attempt to use the internal trial and discipline provision. I was told that such a process has been started against Mr. Bell and I make no comment on its use in these circumstances. The final option is to elect new executive members when the current terms of office expire |
Exert from Bruce Bell's July 17 2006 Affidavit
So TWU members followed the judge's advice in paragraph 30 of his decision and Bruce Bell sued them again for following the judge's advice and loses. What a mess! All of this could have been avoided if Bruce Bell followed paragraph 17 of the judge's decision.
Background
Hells Bells: The Bell vs. the TWU Decision
Bruce Bell's First Application Suing the Delegates
Bruce Bell's March 2006 Affidavit
Bruce Bell's May 2006 Affidavit
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