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 do to block a strike by Air Canada flight attendants?
• What does your textbook say about bargaining in bad faith?
• What arguments do you think the company would make to support a claim of bargaining in bad faith?
• What arguments would the union make against such a claim by the company?
• Given what you know about this dispute, do the union’s actions amount to bargaining in bad faith?
• What is the role of the Canadian Industrial Relations Board?