Looks like no sign of binding arbitration from Libs. Wondering if they are gun shy after fumbling the Westjet strike.
They better call their labor lawyers and do their homework this time. This is actually hitting Central Canada where they care and people are going to get angry quick
Looks like no sign of binding arbitration from Libs. Wondering if they are gun shy after fumbling the Westjet strike.
They better call their labor lawyers and do their homework this time. This is actually hitting Central Canada where they care and people are going to get angry quick
We won't really know on biding legislation until early next week. Liberals will definitely call for it but the real question is whether the Cons try and drag it out to get some points with labour. I wish this was happening during the season my workday is about to get so slow.
I hope it gets resolved quickly as well. I hate that it might require government intervention for that to happen but we can't afford a stoppage like this. Unfortunately the rail companies know that.
And what about the railfans? Stopped trains aren't as cool to watch.
Nice try, but its the Liberal party in charge and its a national crisis forming.
Well, we'll see how badly we're affected by this but it is interesting in its own way.
The thing is, if the Liberals want to Legislate the Railway back to work they need a certain amount of votes to do so. They don't have them.
Their NDP lapdogs are voracious defenders of Unions so the Liberals know they cant look at the NDP to come up with the required number of votes.
Further, the Liberals look across the House and its unlikely that the Conservatives are going to throw them a life-preserver instead of an anchor seeing as this is wonderful for making the Liberals look bad.
In other words, its a giant #### sandwich and everyone is going to have to take a bite.
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This absolute massive railway strike is coming on top of a whole host of other major, critical infrastructure work stoppages very recently. Port strikes, West Jet strike, Air Canada strike coming most likely, CBSA strike action, airports paralyzed recently due to staffing issues, security screeners strike action, Freedom conveys blocking critical infrastructure and more.
The government is allowing these businesses like Westjet to buy up competition like Sunwing, allowing it's competitors to fail by not promoting options, allowing private equity firms to allow buyouts of such companies with no strings attached.
Enough business leaders across Canada and enough trading partners across the globe are looking at Canada and lacking serious confidence in our ability to properly conduct business.
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Alright. Now we need the Car manufacturers to strike.
We've got the Plane and Trains taken care of, now its the Automobile's turn.
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This absolute massive railway strike is coming on top of a whole host of other major, critical infrastructure work stoppages very recently. Port strikes, West Jet strike, Air Canada strike coming most likely, CBSA strike action, airports paralyzed recently due to staffing issues, security screeners strike action, Freedom conveys blocking critical infrastructure and more.
The government is allowing these businesses like Westjet to buy up competition like Sunwing, allowing it's competitors to fail by not promoting options, allowing private equity firms to allow buyouts of such companies with no strings attached.
Enough business leaders across Canada and enough trading partners across the globe are looking at Canada and lacking serious confidence in our ability to properly conduct business.
Honestly man...I think you're kind of close, but not for the reasons you think.
If I had to guess, and mind you, this is purely a guess, I think our problem here remains inflation.
All of these places are Unionized and Unions operate on a fairly strict pay structure, and that structure isn't all that flexible.
So all of a sudden everything got really expensive, the cost of living is skyrocketing but these people are locked into their negotiated pay structures and their purchasing power is being diminished.
Costs go up, purchasing power goes down. Not a good place to be.
One thing is flexible and fluid and the other is not and that can cause problems.
And, while I have no love for the Liberals, some of it is their fault (over-spending, general theft, etc) a decent chunk of blame still resides with COVID.
So, in this case, the angry man shaking his fist at the clouds? He might not be wrong.
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This absolute massive railway strike and lockout is coming on top of a whole host of other major, critical infrastructure work stoppages very recently.
This concept seems to be very challenging for some to grasp.
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