Description: A series of industrial disputes has made Halifax “emblematic of a much larger year of labour unrest” across the country, the Globe and Mail’s Jane Taber writes.
Source: The Globe and Mail
Date: 03/06/2012
Related links:
- CTV – Dalhousie strike averted
- Health care workers take strike vote
- CBC – Tentative deal in transit shutdown
- Earlier update on Halifax transit dispute
Questions for discussion:
- In what sector are these disputes occurring?
- Why do you think the writer of this article believes that “this friction between unions and provincial and municipal governments will pose a challenge for the Harper government”?
- Do you agree?
- What explanations are offered in this article for these tensions?
- Which explanations make the most sense to you?
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