Someone explain to me why unions seem to think that they can just picket anythingI have never understood this idea that unions seem to have that they're entitled to simply make the biggest ruckus possible for the largest number of people, regardless of whether those people have anything to do with the labour dispute ( Read more... )

1. ( We voted to reject the university's offer. And to give our union a strike mandate. )

Today there's a big ol' union meeting at noon. I am undecided on how I should vote ( Read more... )

There's a transit stike on the horizon in Montreal, and I do love this quote from Pierre Saint-Georges, union leader, in today's Gazette:

"You know, there are many places without public transit. How do you think people in Joliette, St. Jerome and Shawinigan do it? They make arrangements. Life doesn't stop for them.So if I'm reading this right, one ( Read more... )