My brother-in-law went from asking me (semi-trollingly, but still) if unions were obsolete in May, to organizing his workplace for the Teamsters in July, tired of being jerked around. Never underestimate who you can convince... :)


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Who do you think are the greatest enemies of autoworkers in Ontario right now?

If you said "automakers", you'd be partially right at this moment. Chrysler, in particular, is demanding more wage and benefits concessions than GM agreed to, while the CAW says they've given enough.


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*** Edited to fix the link: Good Op-Ed by Ken Lewenza about how auto workers have very little to do with car makers' current troubles.

The original link led to a Globe story about @ArjunBasu, the Twitter story-telling. Worth reading as well!