Description: Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has intervened in a dispute involving Atlantic Canada airport security screeners, but the union says the move is “premature.”

Source: The Canadian Press

Date: 10/27/2012

Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Ottawa+intervention+airport+screeners+labour+dispute+premature+union/7458963/story.html

Related links:

• CTV story
• Earlier story from the Globe and Mail
• Securitas Transport Aviation Security Ltd.
• United Steelworkers, District 6
• Canada Industrial Relations Board

Questions for discussion:

• What, exactly, has Lisa Raitt done in this dispute?
• Why does the union believe it’s premature?
• What are the issues in this dispute?
• What is the role of the Canada Industrial Relations Board?
• Based on what you have studied in this course and what you know about this dispute, do you agree with Raitt or the union?