Description: Air Canada sales and customer-service  employees, represented by the Canadian Auto Workers Union, are threatening to strike over wages and pensions.

Source: CBC

Date: 06/13/2011

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/13/aircanada-striketalks-monday.html

Related links:

• Globe and Mail story
• CTV story
• Air Canada
• CAW Airline Local 2002
• Earlier update

Questions for discussion:

• Browse the links above. As you will see, one of the key issues in this dispute is pensions. What is a defined benefit pension?
• What is a defined contribution pension?
• Which type of pension would you prefer if you were an employee?
• Which would you prefer if you were an employer?
• Why?