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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