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Originally Posted by Dion
Unions can bring companies to thier knees and sometimes put them out of business with thier excessive demands. There was 3 Safeway stores in Thunder Bay some years ago that closed it's doors due to excessive union demands.
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2002/0...way020606.html |
Or Ben's Restaurant in Montreal.
For those who aren't familiar, Ben's was a famed Montreal landmark. Over the 98 years in which it was open, the deli was frequented by many Quebec and international celebrities including Pierre Trudeau, Paul Martin, Rene Levesque, Bette Middler, Maurice Richard, Jean Beleveau, and just about every other member of the Montreal Canadiens over the years. Leonard Cohen was known to write many of his songs and poems while occupying a booth at Ben's late at night. It was also chosen by the government of Canada to be the store in which the two dollar coin was launched.
Then their staff went on strike in 2006. The owners concluded that they couldn't meet the salary demands of the union while still providing their customers with a decent lunch for under $10, so they decided to close up shop permenantly. So a Montreal institution which had remained as a small, family-owned business for nearly a century was forced out of business by a greedy union. Needless to say, the 25 staff employed by the deli all lost their jobs as a consequence.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/st...s20061215.html