Tracey Lynn Henry

Tracey provides representation and advice to trade unions in collective bargaining and grievance arbitration, and her achievements include helping forge successful agreements in many high-profile disputes. She represents unions in matters before the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, and other administrative tribunals. Tracey also represents trade unions in proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act.

Tracey is recognised as a Leading Practitioner in Labour Law and Construction Labour Law in the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, is recommended by Chambers Canada, and Best Lawyers . Chambers and Partners notes that Tracey is a “great, very effective advocate who is very good at getting down to what the real issue is.”

Tracey has wide-ranging experience and interest in labour law matters. She offers education and training to union executive committees and union members in all areas of labour law, including collective-agreement negotiation, administration of collective agreements, and human rights issues. Tracey is often asked to speak at labour law conferences, including co-chairing the Labour Arbitration Conference by Lancaster House and presenting at the National Academy of Arbitrators and the Law Society of Ontario.

Together with Danielle Stampley and Alex St. John , Tracey co-authored a paper entitled CCAA Duty of Good Faith: Notice Obligations to Union Stakeholders, which has been accepted by the Annual Review of Insolvency Law and was presented at the 17th Annual Review of Insolvency Law. She has also been published in the proceedings of the National Academy of Labour and Management Arbitrators.

Tracey’s negotiating strengths were on display when (along with Michael Wright) she represented United Steelworkers Local 1005 in the insolvency proceedings of Stelco Inc., the Hamilton-based steel company. Tracey was a key advisor in the negotiation of a collective agreement with the company’s new owners and played a prominent role in protecting the interests of both active employees and retirees in the restructuring of Stelco. The entire Stelco matter, a numbingly complex negotiation involving numerous stakeholders, was recognized by Lexpert as one the “Top 10 Deals” of 2017.