Description: Employers facing tough economic conditions are increasingly taking a tough line with organized labour.

Source: The Globe and Mail

Date: 01/07/2011

Link: http://investdb1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/GAM.20120107.RBCOVERLABOURCLASHES0107ATL/GIStory/

Related links:

• Earlier Globe story
• Caterpillar Inc.
• Rio Tinto Alcan
• Canadian Auto Workers

Questions for discussion:

• Summarize Caterpillar Inc.’s actions at its London, Ont. subsidiary.
• Why do you think the company is taking such a tough line?
• Do you agree with the company’s actions?
• Why or why not?
• What do you think the next year will bring for industrial relations in Canada?