Description: Days after threatening to strike all of the Big Three automakers at the same time, Canadian Auto Workers president Ken Lewenza says the companies seem willing to take part in “constructive dialogue.” Source: Reuters Date: 09/07/2012 Link: http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCABRE88617C20120907?sp=true Related links: CTV story Windsor Star blog Conservative MP criticizes CAW – Windsor Star CAW Ford… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Chapter 9 – Strikes and Lockouts
Mediator in teachers dispute has no mediation experience
Description: The government-appointed mediator in the B.C. teachers dispute has no mediation experience. Source: The (Vancouver) Province Date: 03/29/2012 Link: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Academic+asked+mediate+teachers+dispute+mediation+experience/6373806/story.html Related links: B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union takes strike vote Court injunction blocks B.C. anesthetists’ job action Earlier update B.C. Public School Employers’ Association B.C. Ministry of Education B.C. Teachers’ Federation Questions for… Read more »
Why B.C. teachers prefer local bargaining
Description: Columnist Vaughn Palmer examines why the B.C. government opposes local bargaining for teachers. Source: The Vancouver Sun Date: 03/22/2012 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/provincial+government+likely+teachers+have+whip+hand+ever+again/6341514/story.html Related links: B.C. teachers back in class B.C. teachers consider illegal strike Prof. Fiona McQuarrie discusses the teachers dispute (March 20 show: begins at 1.21) Bill 22, the Education Improvement Act B.C. Teachers’… Read more »
Air Canada pilots book off sick, airline says
Description: Air Canada claims a higher than normal number of pilots have booked off sick in the wake of back-to-work legislation and is asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to step in. Source: CBC Date: 03/18/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/03/18/air-canada-cancellations.html Related links: Earlier update Postmedia story Prof. Fiona McQuarrie discusses the Air Canada and B.C. teachers disputes… Read more »
Ottawa blocks Air Canada shutdown
Description: The federal government has introduced legislation that would block strikes or lockouts at Air Canada. Source: Montreal Gazette Date: 03/12/2012 Link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+keep+flying+Tories+move+block+work+stoppage/6290406/story.html Related links: Reuters story Earlier update on pilots’ bargaining Earlier update on Ottawa and the right to strike International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 140 Air Canada Pilots Association Air… Read more »
Halifax ‘Canada’s strike central’
Description: A series of industrial disputes has made Halifax “emblematic of a much larger year of labour unrest” across the country, the Globe and Mail’s Jane Taber writes. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 03/06/2012 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/halifax-labour-woes-a-symbol-for-a-nation/article2360939/ Related links: CTV – Dalhousie strike averted Health care workers take strike vote CBC – Tentative deal in… Read more »
B.C. teachers walk out
Description: B.C. teachers have begun a three-day strike as MLAs debate legislation to end the dispute. Source: CBC Date: 03/05/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/03/05/bc-teachers-strike.html?cmp=rss Related links: Earlier update Prof. Fiona McQuarrie discusses the dispute on CBC Radio (March 1 show: begins at 1:21) Vancouver Sun column Bill 22, the Education Improvement Act B.C. Ministry of Education B.C…. Read more »
B.C. teachers plan ‘day of action’
Description: Teachers in B.C. are planning protests in the face of a provincial government plan to legislate an end to their job action. Source: CTV Date: 02/27/2012 Link: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120227/bc_teachers_federation_day_of_action_120227/20120227/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome Related links: Victoria Times-Colonist story Vancouver Sun column Earlier update B.C. Teachers’ Federation B.C. Ministry of Education B.C. Public School Employers’ Association Questions for discussion: What… Read more »
Air Canada, pilots agree to mediation
Description: Air Canada and the Air Canada Pilots Association have agreed to a six-month mediation process after the pilots voted overwhelmingly to approve strike action. Source: The Financial Post Date: 02/15/2012 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2012/02/15/air-canada-union-agree-to-extend-mediation-process/ Related links: Earlier Air Canada update CTV story Air Canada Air Canada Pilots Association Questions for discussion: Refer to your text and… Read more »
Alberta hospital workers walk off job
Description: The Alberta health authority and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have agreed to binding arbitration after a one-day illegal walkout by hospital support staff. Source: The Edmonton Journal Date: 02/17/2012 Link: http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Hospital+support+workers+return+work+Thursday+evening+Calgary+after/6167433/story.html Related links: CBC story Alberta Health Services Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Questions for discussion: Why was this strike illegal? What… Read more »