Description: Nova Scotia conciliator John Greer helped settle separate disputes involving Dalhousie University professors and Halifax transit workers in the same day.

Source: Globe and Mail

Date: 03/12/2012

Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/one-conciliator-helps-resolve-two-labour-disputes-gripping-nova-scotia/article2367260/

Related links:

• Earlier update
• Nova Scotia Conciliation Services Section
• Nova Scotia government conciliation guide
• Nova Scotia government “preventive mediation” programs
• Nova Scotia arbitrators

Questions for discussion:

• How did Mr. Greer help the parties in these two disputes come to agreement?
• Refer to your text: when can a third party help negotiators reach a collective agreement?
• What is conciliation?
• What is mediation?
• What is arbitration?