Description: The federal government has introduced legislation that would block strikes or lockouts at Air Canada.

Source: Montreal Gazette

Date: 03/12/2012

Link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+keep+flying+Tories+move+block+work+stoppage/6290406/story.html

Related links:

• Reuters story
• Earlier update on pilots’ bargaining
• Earlier update on Ottawa and the right to strike
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 140
• Air Canada Pilots Association
• Air Canada

Questions for discussion:

• What reasons is the federal government giving for bringing in this legislation?
• What are the objections that are being raised to it?
• What will the legislation do?
• What effect do you think this move will have on industrial relations at Air Canada in the future?
• What alternatives can you think of to the govenment’s actions?
• What would be the effects of following those alternatives?