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Originally Posted by rubecube
As a self-proclaimed libertarian it really surprises me to see you condemn people for acting out of self-interest. Manpower is a commodity. In the free-market, it's many peoples' only commodity, and they're doing themselves a disservice if they aren't maximizing it's value.
There were laws like this prior to the existence of unions and they were constantly flouted. Not only that, but employees were quite consistently fired or punished for reporting unsafe working conditions. Again, unions don't exist just to make your life miserable. There were conditions that created them, primarily the brutal and exploitive nature of private industry. Or do you think we should just trust private industry to maintain fare wages and safety standards because they're such swell guys who don't attempt to exercise every inhumane option possible (i.e. sweatshops, child labour, etc.) to maximize profit?
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Is it illegal (in Canada) to fire unionized teacher that went on strike and replace him with a fresh hire?