What's Brad going to do with the CUPE Strikers?
For those of you joining us from outside Saskatchewan, a quick catch-up:
I am hearing from some interesting sources that Wall and Co. are looking at appointing a binding arbitrator for the dispute.
As the strike by the province's 2,400 university support staff enters its 13th day today there is no sign of a break in stalled contract talks.
This would be a very interesting fist move by the Sask Party. It would send a signal to the labour movement that the Sask Party is serious about changing the labour-relations dynamic in this province.
This sort of move would be popular with the Sask Party base and only really piss-off trade unionists (who didn't exactly support them to begin with.)
Now, what would be a serious over-reaction by a rookie government would be to legislate these people back to work, THAT would be a sign that they are going to do exactly what the NDP always said the Sask Party would do: Declare war on organized labour.
This story bears watching....
2 comments:
actually, it was Brad Wall who has said he would "goto war with the unions".
Seems pretty clear to me, negotiate, arbitrate, or legislate if you can't come to an agreement.
As for pissing off Unions who didn't exactly support, not really an issue. Spoiled brats don't always get their way, have your hissy fit, suck it up, and when they are serious about working out an agreement, THAT'S when it's time to sit down and get an agreement.
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