Description: Howard Levitt, a labour lawyer and columnist for the National Post, urges public sector employers to lock out unions until they capitulate. Source: The National Post Date: 12/07/2011 Link: http://business.financialpost.com/2011/12/07/prescription-for-year-of-public-sector-unrest/ Related links: The Conference Board of Canada’s 2012 Industrial Relations Outlook City of Toronto collective agreements Toronto municipal workers’ union, Canadian Union of Public… Read more »
Posts Tagged: public sector bargaining
Ottawa and the right to strike
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 »
Labour Day nothing to celebrate, paper argues
Description: An editorial argues that unions’ “unwillingness to put the public’s good at the forefront” means Labour Day is no longer something to be celebrated. Source: The Toronto Sun Date: 09/04/2011 Link: http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/02/its-labour-day-by-george Related links: A business group says public sector unions should be banned A union representative responds The Canadian Federation of Independent Business… Read more »
B.C. court rules teachers’ bargaining law unconstitutional
Description: The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that the B.C. government violated teachers’ Charter rights in 2002 when it passed a law that removed clauses that included limits on class size from the B.C. Teachers’ Federation’s collective agreement. Source: The Vancouver Sun Date: 04/14/2011 Link: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Teachers+regain+right+bargain+class+size/4613527/story.html Questions for discussion: Which Charter rights did the court… Read more »
