back-to-work legislation
‘The government has no option but to act’
Shortly before 1:30am this morning, the CP Rail back-to-work legislation passed the House.
‘New Democrats will not let that happen’
The House will spend this evening and night debating the government’s back-to-work legislation for CP Rail. A final vote is expected sometime in the early morning hours.
Independent thought alert
John Ivison detects discomfort over the government’s latest back-to-work legislation.
Back to work
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is threatening back-to-work legislation if Canadian Pacific and its workers can’t come to some agreement by next week when the House reconvenes.
Back to work, again
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt says the Conservatives will introduce back-to-work legislation to prevent a disruption at Air Canada. Elizabeth May is unimpressed.
The Harper government versus organized labour
The government once again threatens back-to-work legislation and this time the Labour Minister muses vaguely of amending the Canadian Labour Code.
The right to strike
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is promising back-to-work legislation if Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants are unable to reach a deal before Wednesday. This would be the fourth time the Harper government has introduced such legislation. Yvon Godin, the NDP labour critic, is unimpressed.
Giving CUPW less than they bargained for: an Ottawa tradition
Looking back at the Maclean’s story about the back-to-work legislation Jean Chretien’s Liberals imposed to end the 1997 postal strike, I think we might be able to guess at where Stephen Harper’s Tories got the idea of giving the postal workers less than Canada Post had last offered at the bargaining table: