Length: 10 written answers at 200300 words each

Instructions:

Read Jason Fosters article Solidarity on the TransCanada.

Watch the NFB Film 24 Days in Brooks, https://www.nfb.ca/film/24_days_in_brooks.

The article and the film both deal with a 2005 organizing drive and strike at Lakeside Packers in Brooks, Alberta. Answer the following questions regarding the case in answers of 200300 words each. Incorporate concepts from the course material in your answers.

1.  Why was the plant non-union and why did a series of organizing drives fail?
2.  What were workers biggest concerns that led to the union drive?
3.  Why did the employer fight the union so fiercely and what does this tell us about their approach to labour relations?
4.  What was different about the 2005 organizing drive? What factors made it successful?
5.  Why did race become a factor in the organizing drive and strike?
6.  What motivated some workers to cross the picket line and go to work during the strike?
7.  What role did the state play in the dispute? Was it a constructive role? Why or why not?
8.  What finally led to the resolution of the strike?
9.  What does the case tell us about how the practice of labour relations differs from the process laid out in the textbook?
10.  In your opinion what could the parties (union, employer and the state) have done differently to prevent the strike?