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Power to the people!✊
Stand with unions!!💪

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 79 points 5 days ago

Education support workers' union defied the Ontario government's use of the notwithstanding clause to kill bargaining with Bill 28. With support of members, other unions and the public, standing up and fighting back works.

We can change this precedent faster than the several years minimum it will take to get a Charter resolution through the courts.

Bill 89 in Quebec, coming into effect later this year, is likely to do a similar thing. Workers need to come together and resist the erosion of our fundamental rights to advocate for our working conditions as a group.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 52 points 5 days ago

I don’t understand how they can force people back to work.

Like, will they have cops on the flights making sure the attendants put on a cheery safety briefing?

Will they drag them onto the plane in handcuffs to do safety checks?

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 46 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is usually “enforced” through fines, since unions are institutions that can be held liable for these decisions. Ultimately unlawful job action might end up leading to lawful termination though, so it takes a lot of courage to do what they're doing.

« They » will tried to prove that Union Leader said that workers shouldn’t go back to work and defy the order, which they did not. Anyway that’s not the goal here, they will force the Union to go to court which will cost money to the union and the taxpayers for a judge to say what we already know : the Liberal gov overstep. Now the gov will probably not be obligated to pay the Union legal council which make them poorer.

This shit will take months maybe years

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Reagan was famous for busting air traffic controllers in the 80's... He literally just fired everyone and replaced them.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 5 days ago

and just the railroad strike was broken by congress recently in the same way too, by making it illegal, but with minor concessions.

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 29 points 5 days ago

I saw a great comment somewhere else that said something like "if your job is so important that the gov makes you go to work, you deserve a livable wage."

[-] Fleur_@aussie.zone 21 points 5 days ago

Any politician who sides against unions can get fucked in my opinion

[-] aquafunk@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 5 days ago

"Someone should tell the rich that workers banding together to present formal address of grievances is the alternative that we worked out a long ago to breaking down the factory owner's door and beating them to death in front of their family. I feel like they forgot."

[-] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

Any person who punches a clock for a living that doesn't support unions is a class traitor, plain and simple.

[-] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I feel like this strike could spread to the general population.

A General Strike, if you will.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

Thumbnails I'm not clicking for $500

this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2025
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