Description: Municipal workers in Quebec walked off the job for one day to protest provincial government plans to restructure their pensions.

Source: CBC

Date: 11/26/2014

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-municipal-workers-in-1-day-strike-to-protest-pension-reform-plan-1.2850168

Related links:

• Montreal Gazette story
• Earlier story
• Story about amendments to Bill 3
• Bill 3

Questions for discussion

• What is the Coalition syndicale pour la libre négociation?
• What is Bill 3? How would it change Quebec public workers’ pensions?
• Listen to the audio clip on the CBC site titled “are municipal workers ‘not in touch with reality.’ ” Why does the government think the workers are out of touch?
• What is the union response?
• What do you think? How important is public opinion in a dispute like this?