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    Kanadische Güterzüge rollen wieder: Regierung erzwingt Schlichtung im Arbeitskonflikt


    Kanadische Güterzüge rollen wieder: Regierung erzwingt Schlichtung im Arbeitskonflikt

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    1. Shakethecrimestick on

      So Jagmeet, are you going to continue supporting this government? I guess you have to weigh your pension vs. the entire basis of the party you are a leader of.

    2. Mindless_Education38 on

      So are strikes ever allowed anymore? Apparently everyone is “essential” now.

      Jaqmeet Sighn should resign and the NDP should fold up shop. Why do they even exist?

      Either that or unions nation wide should come together on this and all strike.

    3. Aukaneck on

      The companies locked out their workers and the government won’t even let them bargain. That’s just wrong.

    4. TheLastThrowaway420 on

      Should have halted their stonks from trading for the rest of the week. Seize the shares of all board members and C executives, and give them cash at last trade value. Suddenly both are nationalized.

      We need to stop rewarding the rich for their exploits.

    6. marksteele6 on

      I hope the rail unions wildcat. This level of labour suppression is ridiculous.

    7. Nitroussoda on

      Makes you think if the service is this essential maybe it shouldn’t have ever been sold off to profiteering private companies

    8. onegunzo on

      Yet another reaction vs. planned…

      Wouldn’t it have been reasonable to say – 2-3 weeks out – we’re going to force arbitration before you lock out/go on strike?

      I mean, they’ve been negotiating for 9 months. Why wasn’t there automatic steps already in place if things were going off the rail (pun intended)?

      – 2 months out from lockout/strike – meet with the labour minister. Have them communicate clearly, we won’t allow a strike to happen

      – 4 weeks out – remind the parties.

      – 2-3 weeks out assign an arbitrator

      – Have the arbitrator force an agreement days before lockout/strike

      Government comes out as great managers.

      Why didn’t this happen? Because this government only reacts, they do not plan. This is just another example.

    9. Downess on

      Just what management wanted. They knew they’d never have to negotiate in good faith. Just lock the workers out and wait for the government to trample on their rights.

      Just once, I’d like to see government intervene by forcing the company to give the union what it wants. Just so they know they can’t count on always winning the wait and whine game.

    10. TheMostCanuckest on

      Trudeau & the LPC are union busters 🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️

    12. Professional-Cry8310 on

      Yikes. Lockout your own workers then the federal government comes in to save your ass. Sounds like the rail companies were counting on that happening.

      That’s not very pro labour.

    13. Reptilian_Brain_420 on

      Amazing how quickly and effectively the government can do things when they actually want to.

    14. WingtipTindip on

      The way this reads is that the government will force arbitration but not return to work legislation. So the rail companies have said they’ll go back on the lockout, but that doesn’t mean that the rail employees will be forced back to work necessarily. This would he similar to the WestJet strike where the government did have have return to work legislation in place and so they didn’t go back to work and got a better deal before even going to arbitration.

      Personally I could understand segments of these rail industries being designated as essential due to the serious impact it could have on the entire country. Maybe they split it and determine that freight is essential while passengers are not? Who knows. I think the incident at Vancouver / Delta port with the longshore strike occurred made them realize that not having freight moved could cripple the economy very quickly.

    15. hardy_83 on

      If you’re just going to force them into arbitration then just deem them essential and stop all the bs that happens before and after strike votes.

    18. Pitiful-MobileGamer on

      What motivation does this give any corporation to bargain in good faith, they can simply apply monetary political speak and have binding arbitration placed on the collective pool.

      CN is bathing in record profits, has been now for years. The shareholders could forego a slightly smaller yacht and ensure the employee base is vested for the coming years.

    19. ElChapoEscobar79 on

      Good. Don’t fucking hold practically every industry in the country hostage because you took a shitty job. Everyone has been bitching about the hours and on call for years. Still went to work there.

    20. Acrobatic-Truth647 on

      US must have applied pressure too, as the strike would have affected them as well.

      A Canadian government run by any political party would likely cave to US pressure.

    21. HowMyDictates on

      Neoliberal administration put some daylight between your party and the neoliberal extremists on the other side of the aisle with an election upcoming challenge (impossible)

    23. GANTRITHORE on

      Can’t you still strike tho? Like you can’t force more than a few hundred of the 9000+ employees back to work. Or at work strike, just go in and do nothing. Can’t force them to push buttons.

    24. DisappointedSilenced on

      Quit. Every one of you, if you’re reading this, quit.

    25. China_bot42069 on

      Wow it didn’t take long for the government to fold. Wonder what jagmeet is going to do now

    27. Competitive_Flow_814 on

      I think from the comments that some people from management and the union are on this site.

    28. Ordinary-Easy on

      Good news

      The government basically didn’t have much of a choice here.

    29. Johnny-Unitas on

      I thought the NDP wouldn’t support the government getting involved in this.

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