The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday edition that the president of the union representing workers at SNC-Lavalin's Candu Energy nuclear division is one of two employees the company terminated this week over allegations of sharing confidential information outside the organization. The Globe's Jeffrey Jones writes that Mark Chudak, president of the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates (SPEA), and another staffer had been on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation into the alleged breaches before they were fired. SPEA said on Thursday it believes the terminations amount to an attempt at union-busting and that it plans to launch unspecified legal action against SNC. SPEA represents about 900 Candu employees, mostly scientists, engineers and technicians. It had previously accused the company of surveilling e-mails between employees and their union to gain intelligence during collective bargaining talks in 2021. Mr. Chudak led the talks on behalf of the workers. SNC fired the two employees and imposed a lesser penalty on a third after concluding the staff members shared proprietary information with their union, whose officials do not have the necessary nuclear-industry security clearance.