Description: After a long and bitter dispute, the B.C. government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation have reached a six-year contract with the help of mediator Vince Ready. Source: The Vancouver Sun Date: 09/20/2014 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Vaughn+Palmer+Remarkably+clean+ending+bitter+dispute/10219679/story.html Related links: Column about mediator Vince Ready Profile of BCTF president Jim Iker B.C. Public School Employers’ Association BCTF Blog… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Chapter 9 – Strikes and Lockouts
Mediator walks out of B.C. school talks
Description: Veteran mediator Vince Ready says it’s unrealistic to expect the two sides in the B.C. schools dispute to come to an agreement by the scheduled start of classes. He had been engaged in exploratory talks with the parties in the hopes of entering mediation. Source: CBC Date: 08/30/2014 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-teachers-strike-vince-ready-walks-out-of-talks-1.2751718 Related links: B.C. Teachers’… Read more »
BC government fined $2 million in teachers dispute
Description: A B.C. Supreme Court justice has ruled that the B.C. government did not act in good faith in its dealings with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation and has fined the government $2 million. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 01/27/2014 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-teachers-win-legal-fight-to-bargain-class-sizes/article16525448/ Related links: BCTF B.C. ministry of education Court decision Vancouver Sun column Globe… Read more »
Tentative agreement in UNB strike
Description: The University of New Brunswick and the university’s faculty association have reached a tentative agreement, while faculty at Mount Allison University remain on strike. Source: Global News Date: 01/30/2014 Link: http://globalnews.ca/news/1118652/unb-faculty-union-have-agreement-in-place-to-end-strike/ Related links: Mount Allison University Mount Allison Faculty Association University of New Brunswick UNB faculty association Story: Mount Allison faculty receives national support… Read more »
Supreme Court says union can tape on picket line
Description: The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled an Alberta law that prohibits unions from videotaping people crossing a picket line violates free speech provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 11/15/2013 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-gives-alberta-union-a-win-in-picket-line-privacy-case/article15456686/ Related links: CTV story Lexology summary of decision SCC decision The Alberta Personal Information… Read more »
Foreign service workers, federal government reach tentative agreement
Description: The federal Treasury Board and the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers have reached a tentative agreement following a long-running strike. Source: CBC Date: 09/27/2013 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/striking-diplomats-make-pay-gains-in-tentative-deal-1.1869907 Related links: Statement by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers Statement by Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board Globe and Mail story Earlier update Public… Read more »
US fast-food workers strike for higher minimum wage
Description: Despite protests by fast-food workers around the U.S., Congress appears to have little interest in increasing the minimum wage. Source: CNN Date: 08/30/2013 Link: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/29/politics/minimum-wage-congress-obama/index.html?iref=allsearch Related links: New York Times editorial The minimum wage in Canada Toronto Star column CBC story Questions for discussion: Give a brief description of the reasons U.S. fast-food workers… Read more »
Tribunal considers bad faith bargaining claim
Description: The Public Service Labour Relations Board is considering a complaint from the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers that the federal government’s Treasury Board bargained in bad faith in a dispute involving foreign affairs officers. Source: The Toronto Star Date: 08/21/2013 Link: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/21/foreign_service_strike_likely_to_drag_on_as_labour_tribunal_reserves_decision.html Related links: CBC story Earlier story Public Service Labour Relations Board… Read more »
Ottawa-area school board becoming impatient
Description: The Upper Canada District School Board says it’s worried about the length of time the Ontario Labour Relations Board is taking to decide on an application for a cease-and-desist order. Source: The Ottawa Citizen Date: 02/22/2013 Link: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/School+board+still+waiting+labour+board+decision/8005020/story.html Related links: Earlier Toronto Star story Upper Canada District School Board District media release Elementary Teachers’… Read more »
Classes to resume at St. Francis Xavier
Description: The St. F.X. Association of University Teachers has voted 96 per cent in favour of a new collective agreement with St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S. Source: The Halifax Chronicle Herald Date: 02/16/2013 Link: http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/703539-st-fx-faculty-union-oks-deal Related links: Earlier CBC story The U – StFX Students’ Union on Facebook St. F.X. Association of University… Read more »
