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meford4u,Mar 9 2009, 08:33 PM Wrote:As a note to NOS.  Our last contract took away our right to strike within the contract.  We can't walk out/strike during a contract.
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That has to be one of the first honourable things I've heard a union member say about a recent contract that I can honestly recall in the last while. So, now at least they work like the rest of us for a change. That's nice to see, especially in these times.

A vivid example to the contrary is the York U scandal that just passed. Demanding a raise is one thing, demanding a raise in the middle of a global recession is something else entirely.

Quote:Having said that, I also think that union members who get to keep their job as a result of the government's action should IMO be grateful for the continuance of their job because, as we've both agreed, it was a matter of choice to be in that position in the first place.

Exactly. Government funds aren't being thrown around like that in the mining sector in general, never mind to the contractors who rely on work from the property / rights holders who generally receive the cash from the government if available. I hope that even just a fraction of the auto workers at all levels realize just what's being done here to save THEIR jobs. The jobs of everyone else down the line that depend on the industry - their jobs in particular aren't safe, not all of them.