Description: Jim Stanford, an economist with the Canadian Auto Workers union, writes that employers, who once opposed work stoppages, are now eager to lock out unions.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Date: 01/20/2012
Related links:
- Federal government strike and lockout database
- Major work stoppages in Canada, 2011
- Conference Board of Canada expects more work stoppages in 2012
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Rio Tinto Alcan
- Canadian Auto Workers
Questions for discussion:
- Summarize Jim Stanford’s argument.
- What is his solution?
- Do you agree with his analysis?
- Why or why not?
- Do you think the current situation requires government action?
- Why or why not?
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