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Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Are you serious? This is a profoundly disappointing post from you.

Oh give me a break.

Unions are by far the best positioned to lead us in COLLECTIVE ACTION. Name the time and place and I promise you thousands of non-union workers will be there.

Do you seriously think that all, or even a majority of non-union workers, are going to walk out on their jobs and risk being fired with cause too? Yes or no.

But we cannot organize ourselves in a meaningful way here. Half a million non-union accountants and plumbers and engineers and chefs and lawyers and mechanics and receptionists and truck drivers could skip work and assemble in each city/town and it won't mean as much as targeted action from 5000 union workers. But we can do both. But we sure as #### won't if unions don't make the next move here.

You can’t organize yourselves in a meaningful way without unions?

I would argue that the non-union workers who make up a much much larger share of the workforce walking out on their jobs in protest would have a much larger impact than the much smaller share of the workforce who are union members doing so would.

This is the best chance you've ever had to prove the value of unions. It may be your last chance. Are you really shrinking from this moment?

Actually there’s lots of data to show the value of unions that predates all of this.

It’s not about “shrinking in the moment”, I’m just checking the unrealistic expectations people seem to have. Unions members don’t have the right to just strike on a whim and what many in this province are expecting of them needs far more support from the general population than just being keyboard warriors.

I would never shy away from fighting the absurdity that is the current ruling party but what you are expecting is going to have long term repercussions on the labour movement that you don’t appear to understand.

If the general public shows real proof that they care enough about the charter rights of teachers are being trampled by an ideologically driven government to do something of substance, I’ll change my tune. And I honestly hope that that happens. But based on recent developments in this province I highly doubt that the majority of the general public are willing to do much to help workers getting railroaded so long as it isn’t happening to them directly.