Description: Air Canada has complained to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board that the Canadian Union of Public Employees bargained in bad faith. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 10/14/2011 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/air-canada-bypasses-contract-talks-launches-seat-sale/article2201969/ Related links: CBC story Canadian Industrial Relations Board Statement from CUPE Statement from Air Canada Earlier update Questions for discussion: What did the government… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Chapter 8 – The Collective Bargaining Process
Steelworkers, U.S. Steel settle in Hamilton
Description: Workers at the U.S. Steel plant in Hamilton have ratified a tentative agreement after an 11-month lockout. Source: The Hamilton Spectator Date: 10/16/2011 Link: http://www.thespec.com/news/business/article/610128–hamilton-s-1005-votes-yes-but-nobody-liked-it Related links: Canadian Labour Reporter story CTV story U.S. Steel Canada United Steelworkers Union, Local 1005 Questions for discussion: Summarize the issues in this dispute. How does this contract… Read more »
Air Canada flight attendants promise strike
Description: Air Canada flight attendants have rejected a tentative contract and have given strike notice. The federal government has promised back-to-work legislation. Source: The Toronto Star. Date: 10/11/2011 Link: http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1067829–air-canada-flight-attendants-seem-poised-for-at-least-short-strike Related links: Bloomberg story CBC story Earlier update on Ottawa’s use of back-to-work legislation Earlier update on the tentative agreement Statement from Air Canada Statement… Read more »
Settlement keeps St. Lawrence Seaway open
Description: The St. Lawrence Seaway and members of the Canadian Auto Workers union have reached a tentative agreement. Source: CTV.ca Date: 10/03/2011 Link: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111003/st-lawrence-seaway-strike-canadian-auto-workers-111003/20111003/?hub=CalgaryHome Related links: Federal government hints it might bring in back-to-work legislation Montreal Gazette story CBC story Press release from the St. Lawrence Seaway CAW press release Earlier update on federal back-to-work… Read more »
Illegal replacement workers at McGill: report
Description: A report to the Quebec government says McGill University is using illegal replacement workers in a dispute with its non-academic staff. Source: The Montreal Gazette Date: 09/24/2011 Link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Scabs+working+McGill+report/5451963/story.html Related links: Canadian Labour Reporter story McGill Daily story Statement from the McGill administration Press release from the Public Service Alliance of Canada in Quebec… Read more »
Ottawa and the right to strike
Description: A Globe and Mail writer wonders what the threat of back-to-work legislation in the Air Canada dispute means for Canadian workers’ right to strike. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 09/20/2011 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/is-ottawa-putting-the-right-to-strike-at-risk/article2172887/ Related links: Labour minister promises back-to-work legislation if attendants strike Air Canada tentative agreement includes hybrid pension scheme Tentative agreement complicates… Read more »
Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal
Description: Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 6,800 flight attendants, have reached a tentative agreement just hours before a strike deadline. Source: Montreal Gazette Date: 09/21/2011 Link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+flight+attendants+reach+tentative+deal/5433573/story.html Related links: Company sends letter to employees outlining “facts of life” Union members take their dispute to Facebook CBC.ca readers respond to the… Read more »
Ontario colleges, support staff settle
Description: Ontario’s 24 colleges and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union have reached a tentative settlement following a two-week strike. Source: CTV.ca Date: 09/19/2011 Link: http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110918/contract-talks-continue-in-college-support-workers-strike-110918/20110919/?hub=TorontoNewHome Related links: Canadian Labour Reporter story Toronto Star story OPSEU media release College Employer Council release Questions for discussion: What were the issues in this dispute? Why do you… Read more »
Saskatchewan college instructors halt walkout
Description: Instructors and unionized staff at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology have ended a strike – at least temporarily – and have entered mediation. Source: The Regina Leader-Post Date: 09/12/2011 Link: http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Classes+resume+SIAST+union+return+table/5386481/story.html Related links: Earlier CBC story The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees’ Union SIAST site with updates on job action The… Read more »
B.C. teachers take limited job action
Description: Members of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation are refusing to perform some tasks, such as attending staff meetings and writing report cards. Source: The Vancouver Sun Date: 09/06/2011 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/teachers+labour+feud+clouds+school+year+education+minister+says/5355700/story.html Related links: CTV story B.C. Public School Employers’ Association B.C. Ministry of Education B.C. Teachers’ Federation Earlier update on Supreme Court of Canada decision Questions… Read more »
