• m0darn@lemmy.ca
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    My understanding is that the union and the rail companies are pretty far apart in negotiations. The workers/ union were happy to keep working while negotiations progressed, but the rail companies didn’t want to negotiate anymore and wanted to go to binding arbitration.

    Rail companies locked out the workers.

    Government says “you can’t do that you have to go to binding arbitration”.

    Rail companies get an absolute win. It’s so fucked.

    • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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      My knowledge of the union history is spotty at best for American unions, and non-existent for Canada (though I’m sure there are many similarities) but why doesn’t the union just say “fuck off you have no workers anymore” and strike?

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    Awww shucks guys, the liberal party tried SO HARD to pass the electoral reform they promised you.

    Unfortunately it just didn’t work out. Oppsie poopsie. Oh boy isn’t governing hard?

    Welp, guess you have to vote for them again or yous gets the conservatives again!

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        Had the Conservative conservatives and the Liberal conservatives. Could we get the New Democratic communists for a change?

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          No, you can choose Conservative. Would you like a bluer or redder color and rhetoric?

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            Well, I thought I might go for an oranger color and rhetoric for a change, but what do I know!

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          Just. Don’t know. Maybe they’d do something differently for a change? Uh. Why’s politics so hard? Who knew policy could be so hard…

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    Ijust heard Jagmeet say the other day that they absolutely would not let the Liberals pull anything like that and would stand by the workers and hold the governments to account. So I guess we’re having an election now?

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    Jagmeet is the king of champagne leftism. All talk and no action

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      Awesome, who was the true leftist (or whatever affiliation) thats been working on this and supporting the workers so we can support them! Missed it, or clearly the media has been biased and not promoting their great work.