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Description: Unionized workers at a B.C. Zellers want American retail giant Target to honour their collective agreement when it takes over their store next year.

Source: The Vancouver Sun

Date: 12/02/2011

Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Zellers+staff+want+union+agreement+honoured/5800974/story.html

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Questions for discussion:

  • Why does the union believe the contract should be honoured?
  • What is Target’s argument against honouring the contract?
  • The Globe story says Target’s “low-cost operating model … relies on competitive compensation and flexibility in scheduling shifts and assigning tasks.” What terms do you think the union would use to describe that model?
  • Review the section in your text on successorship. What principles will the B.C. Labour Relations Board use to decide this case?
  • Based on what you know, do you think the collective agreement should continue to apply?
  • Why or why not?

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