Description: Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have reached a tentative agreement without arbitration in a bitter year-long dispute.
Source: CBC
Date: 10/07/2012
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/10/07/canada-post-deal.html
Related links:
- Toronto Star story
- Earlier story: Federal Court orders new arbitrator for Canada Post dispute
- Earlier update: Federal government orders CUPW back to work
- Canada Post
- CUPW
Questions for discussion:
- Summarize the steps that led to this tentative agreement.
- Why did the Federal Court order a new arbitrator in this dispute?
- Do you think it is a positive sign that the two sides reached a tentative agreement without an arbitrator?
- Why or why not?
- Do you think the government’s back-to-work order looks like a wise move in retrospect?
- Why or why not?
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