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Originally Posted by belsarius
The biggest difference with C-89 (which I don't support) and what Ford has done is the mediation process. The Federal bill empowered a mediator-arborator chosen by both parties to force a resolution. They did take away the right to strike, but the union and government did still bargain.
Ford has unilaterally imposed a new contract on their workers and denied them the right to strike with very severe financial consequences.
They are similar on their face, but the Ford legislation is levels of magnitude worse.
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The bill forced arbitration but that was pretty useless as that process dragged on for more than a year all while the employees right to strike and push for collective bargaining was taken away by the federal legislation.
The federal legislation that was used against the postal union also imposed significant fines against the union and members of the broke the terms of the legislation.