TORONTO – Residents across the Greater Toronto Area hoping to pick up groceries at Metro Inc. were greeted by closed doors and picket lines on Saturday as thousands of employees formally went on...
Strikes and lockouts are powerful weapons that a disgruntled employer or employee have when contract negotiations go south.
It’s clear that as much as an employer wants to remove labour from their profit equation, they are still going to need it no matter what their business is with few exceptions.
I hope these actions are going to bring about a new generation of union leaders that aren’t just there to maintain status quo, but fight for better working conditions like we had fought for before.
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Strikes and lockouts are powerful weapons that a disgruntled employer or employee have when contract negotiations go south.
It’s clear that as much as an employer wants to remove labour from their profit equation, they are still going to need it no matter what their business is with few exceptions.
I hope these actions are going to bring about a new generation of union leaders that aren’t just there to maintain status quo, but fight for better working conditions like we had fought for before.