Description: The Public Service Alliance of Canada has refused a final offer from Canada Post, saying it would create a two-tiered workplace that would “pit worker against worker.”

Source: Canadian Labour Reporter

Date: 09/19/2013

Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/18869-psac-will-not-accept-canada-posts-final-offer

Related links:

• PSAC press release
• Canada Post statement
• Collective agreement
• Globe and Mail story from May

Questions for discussion:

• Why did PSAC reject this final offer?
• Briefly describe the main features of the offer.
• What is a two-tiered workplace?
• What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a contract from the employer’s and union’s points of view?
• Consult the Related Links above. What do you think will happen next in this dispute?