Solidarity with Teamsters Canada.
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Solidarity with Teamsters Canada. The government of Canada has effectively sided with the companies who want to make the rail industry even less safe. Lac Mégantic, Lytton, how many more disasters will it take before workers and communities come before corporate profit?
#CanPoli #cdnpoli #cnRail #CPKC #rail #solidarity #teamsters #unionstrong -
LeftyLabourTechTorontoreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris #solidarity with Canadian railway workers!
The rail bosses will create another East Palestine, Ohio train derailment/chemical disaster or a Lac Megantic if they get their way.
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@chris false.
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@loran_hayden care to elaborate?
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@chris my apologies - that was an automated reply. It's been deleted.
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@loran_hayden no worries:)
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TomWilsonYEGreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris
Not really.
This was a lockout not a strike so the order for binding arbitration is directed at the employer at this time. Also, the Teamsters locals have taken a strike vote and can still strike.
My issue is with the collusion on the part of both railway employers locking out their workers at the same time. This has never happened before. And the result is putting the economic pressure on the Government rather than on the businesses. -
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to TomWilsonYEG last edited by
@CTHW good points though given both employers have wanted binding arbitration, and will now get it from government, I still believe the government has clearly picked its side.
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TomWilsonYEGreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris
To force the employers to bargain, the government should force only one of them back to work. Or the union should strike at only one of CN or CP …
The effect on the Canadian economy would then be minimal as at least some of the lost shipping could be done by the company still operating while the other one would face all the fiscal loses.And that seems to be what's happening as CN is going back to work
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David Mitchell :CApride:replied to TomWilsonYEG last edited by
If the unions are still in a strike position, this sounds like an excellent response: rotating strikes of X days (4-7?) alternating between the companies: goods still roll, passenger rail can still roll, but the pressure mounts as capacity is squeezed, and unions demonstrate they aren’t striking against Canadians but the rail lines.
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@CTHW @chris this is looking early similar to what York University is trying to do with their faculty negotiations, the university is expected to impose a faculty lockout any time now and is already asking the provincial government for binding arbitration - the university does not bargain (as seen with their long history of strikes including the recent CUPE strike). This might be the new gamer meta for companies speed running ending contract disputes in their favor.