B.C. teachers walk out

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Description: B.C. teachers have begun a three-day strike as MLAs debate legislation to end the dispute. Source: CBC Date: 03/05/2012 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/03/05/bc-teachers-strike.html?cmp=rss Related links: Earlier update Prof. Fiona McQuarrie discusses the dispute on CBC Radio (March 1 show: begins at 1:21) Vancouver Sun column Bill 22, the Education Improvement Act B.C. Ministry of Education B.C…. Read more »

B.C. teachers plan ‘day of action’

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Description: Teachers in B.C. are planning protests in the face of a provincial government plan to legislate an end to their job action. Source: CTV Date: 02/27/2012 Link: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120227/bc_teachers_federation_day_of_action_120227/20120227/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome Related links: Victoria Times-Colonist story Vancouver Sun column Earlier update B.C. Teachers’ Federation B.C. Ministry of Education B.C. Public School Employers’ Association Questions for discussion: What… Read more »

Government hints at legislated end to B.C. teachers’ dispute

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Description: B.C. Education Minister George Abbott says B.C. teachers and their employer are “oceans apart” and suggests the dispute won’t be “settled happily.” Source: The Victoria Times-Colonist Date: 02/10/2012 Link: http://www.timescolonist.com/business/Teachers+bosses+ocean+apart/6132362/story.html Related links: B.C. government appoints fact finder Press releases from government, B.C. Teachers’ Federation Earlier update B.C. Public School Employers’ Association B.C. Teachers’ Federation… Read more »

Air Canada claims bad faith bargaining

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Description: Air Canada has complained to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board that the Canadian Union of Public Employees bargained in bad faith. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 10/14/2011 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/air-canada-bypasses-contract-talks-launches-seat-sale/article2201969/ Related links: CBC story Canadian Industrial Relations Board Statement from CUPE Statement from Air Canada Earlier update Questions for discussion: What did the government… Read more »

Air Canada flight attendants promise strike

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Description: Air Canada flight attendants have rejected a tentative contract and have given strike notice. The federal government has promised back-to-work legislation. Source: The Toronto Star. Date: 10/11/2011 Link: http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1067829–air-canada-flight-attendants-seem-poised-for-at-least-short-strike Related links: Bloomberg story CBC story Earlier update on Ottawa’s use of back-to-work legislation Earlier update on the tentative agreement Statement from Air Canada Statement… Read more »

Settlement keeps St. Lawrence Seaway open

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Description: The St. Lawrence Seaway and members of the Canadian Auto Workers union have reached a tentative agreement. Source: CTV.ca Date: 10/03/2011 Link: http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111003/st-lawrence-seaway-strike-canadian-auto-workers-111003/20111003/?hub=CalgaryHome Related links: Federal government hints it might bring in back-to-work legislation Montreal Gazette story CBC story Press release from the St. Lawrence Seaway CAW press release Earlier update on federal back-to-work… Read more »

Ottawa and the right to strike

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Description: A Globe and Mail writer wonders what the threat of back-to-work legislation in the Air Canada dispute means for Canadian workers’ right to strike. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 09/20/2011 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/is-ottawa-putting-the-right-to-strike-at-risk/article2172887/ Related links: Labour minister promises back-to-work legislation if attendants strike Air Canada tentative agreement includes hybrid pension scheme Tentative agreement complicates… Read more »

Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal

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Description: Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 6,800 flight attendants, have reached a tentative agreement just hours before a strike deadline. Source: Montreal Gazette Date: 09/21/2011 Link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+flight+attendants+reach+tentative+deal/5433573/story.html Related links: Company sends letter to employees outlining “facts of life” Union members take their dispute to Facebook CBC.ca readers respond to the… Read more »

Ottawa moves to end Canada Post lockout

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Description: Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt has announced she will introduce legislation to end the Canada Post lockout. Source: Canadian Business Date: 06/20/2011 Link: http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/30532–ottawa-tables-bill-ordering-locked-out-postal-workers-back-to-work Related links: Globe and Mail profile of Lisa Raitt Postmedia story CBC story The Canadian Union of Postal Workers Canada Post Earlier update Questions for discussion: What arguments can you… Read more »

Air Canada workers vote on new contract

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Description: Striking Air Canada workers will be voting on a new contract after the federal government introduced back-to-work legislation in the Commons. Source: The Windsor Star Date: 06/20/2011 Link: http://www.windsorstar.com/business/leaders+Canada+deal/4973375/story.html Related links: Postmedia story Globe and Mail story about bargaining and pensions CBC story CAW Airline Local 2002 Earlier update Air Canada Questions for discussion:… Read more »