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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
This is actually the most UNLIKELIEST scenario, as it's basically illegal. Teachers cannot enact a work-to-rule after being legislated back to work, because back-to-work legislation legally forces them to end all forms of job action, including work-to-rule. Back-to-work orders end a strike and mandate that employees return to their jobs, and any refusal to comply can result in termination or other penalties
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Come on man it just happened with the airlines and has certainly happened with unions before elsewhere. If the UCP attempts that, not only is it a huge hit to whatever modicum of PR they had left in "strong and free Alberta", it will also will be fought in the courts and dragged out in a grey area for days if not weeks further.
And yes, the union has mechanisms to enact new job action on a different basis, which would include working to rule after the fact. Also, what is the wicked witch really going to do? Fire any non-compliant teachers and attempt to rush plumbers and welders through some half baked teaching program program to pick up the slack? In case you missed it, there aren't exactly hordes of educators lined up clamoring to teach in this dumpster fire conservative paradise.