Hi, Guest
03-10-2006, 06:39 AM
Okay, I'm probably gonna say enough in this message to piss everybody off, but like my dad used to say "Do the job right, or don't do it at all"
Now I preface this as well with the proviso that I am unionized, OPSEU in fact and am in fact the union steward for my place of employment.
My position is that this strike did not need to happen, but that both sides dug in their heels and decided that the kids in school were only useful as pawns to bolster their respective arguements.
My solution? Binding arbitration and binding on both sides. Sadly I've seen instances where the government doesn't like the results of the arbitrators decision and does whatever it wants.
None of that, in exchange for giving up the right to strike, the teachers must be given an iron-clad guarantee that the decision of the arbitrator will be honoured regardless. If it results in increased costs? Too damn bad, fund it whatever it takes.
NefCanuck
Now I preface this as well with the proviso that I am unionized, OPSEU in fact and am in fact the union steward for my place of employment.
My position is that this strike did not need to happen, but that both sides dug in their heels and decided that the kids in school were only useful as pawns to bolster their respective arguements.
My solution? Binding arbitration and binding on both sides. Sadly I've seen instances where the government doesn't like the results of the arbitrators decision and does whatever it wants.
None of that, in exchange for giving up the right to strike, the teachers must be given an iron-clad guarantee that the decision of the arbitrator will be honoured regardless. If it results in increased costs? Too damn bad, fund it whatever it takes.
NefCanuck