What is the test for mitigation in a union dispute?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Beggs v. Westport Foods Ltd., 2010 BCSC 833 (CanLII):
In Evans v. Teamsters Local Union No. 31, the plaintiff had been a business agent for the union for 23 years. He had rejected a job offer made by the union, and it was found that he had failed to mitigate.
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