Air Canada pilots book off sick, airline says
Description: Air Canada claims a higher than normal number of pilots have booked off sick in the wake of back-to-work legislation and is asking the Canada Industrial Relations Board to step in.
Source: CBC
Date: 03/18/2012
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/03/18/air-canada-cancellations.html
Related links:
- Earlier update
- Postmedia story
- Prof. Fiona McQuarrie discusses the Air Canada and B.C. teachers disputes (starts at 0:35)
- Ottawa and the right to strike
- Canada Industrial Relations Board
- Air Canada
- Air Canada Pilots Association
Questions for discussion:
- What does Air Canada want the Canada Industrial Relations Board to do?
- What is the pilots’ response to the airline’s claims?
- What is the role of the Canada Industrial Relations Board?
- If pilots are booking off sick in higher than usual numbers, do you think this is an understandable response to back-to-work legislation?
- Why or why not?
Fiona McQuarrie's Industrial Relations in Canada received wide praise for helping students to understand the complex and sometimes controversial field of Industrial Relations, by using just the right blend of practice, process and theory. The text engages business students with diverse backgrounds and teaches them how an understanding of this field will help them become better managers.