Description: The Public Service Labour Relations Board is considering a complaint from the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers that the federal government’s Treasury Board bargained in bad faith in a dispute involving foreign affairs officers.

Source: The Toronto Star

Date: 08/21/2013

Link: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/21/foreign_service_strike_likely_to_drag_on_as_labour_tribunal_reserves_decision.html

Related links:

• CBC story
• Earlier story
• Public Service Labour Relations Board
• Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers
• Treasury Board of Canada

Questions for discussion:

• Consult your text: what does it mean to bargain in good faith?
• What is the union arguing here?
• What is the Treasury Board’s response?
• What are the possible outcomes of this hearing?
• Briefly summarize the issues in this dispute. Which party do you think has the most persuasive case? Why?