Admiral Beez
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Didnt endorse or didn’t reconsider their endorsement?The Carpenters Union certainly didn't.
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Didnt endorse or didn’t reconsider their endorsement?The Carpenters Union certainly didn't.
One question is how is this not cruel and unusual punishment? Which the courts were protecting before the Charter of Rights.My point was 'ignoring the Constitution' was overly broad. The Constitution is two statutes; the Constitution Act 1867 (British North America Act) and the Constitution Act 1981. The Charter is only one part - a very important part - of eight in that statute. I'm not trying to limit the impact, which is significant, but Sec 33 ('notwithstanding clause') can only suspend the Charter rights enumerated in the section. There are many it can not.
Yesterday, a friend (an OPSEU Education Executive) cryptically told us in a chat that "LIUNA is going out."This means nothing until those trade unions, especially Liuna which has a lot of political capital, actually show their support.
I have heard a lot of anger on the ground from various union members (Ironworker, carpenters, labourers).
This may be the straw that gets to that point.This means nothing until those trade unions, especially Liuna which has a lot of political capital, actually show their support.
Completely agree, and this is what many members have been talking about.This may be the straw that gets to that point.
Every other union in Ontario needs to look at this. If you’re a construction union looking to strike, we could easy see Doug Ford acquiesce to pressure from his developer buddies to force a contract backed by the NWC in the name of “we need housing for Ontario families“.
I hope every union member in Ontario, and even across the country realizes that this is their future if this is not stopped.
I think the strike is generally less popular than the teacher's unions think, though there is still significant support for strikers, there's a lot of anger against the schools now for "choosing" to shut down too. The Ford strategy is banking on the longer this goes on the more he looks like he's the reasonable one, and no one actually talking about the specifics. It will quickly get to "I don't care who is right, just go back to work!"
My bellweathers are the TV morning shows which are generally targeted at moms of different demographics depending on the station, and all of them did make this a top story, but they quickly moved on to the regular infotainment junk news and spent much more time on that.
Global TV morning show spent five minutes of their 30 minutes show cycle (repeated four times each morning) on the strike, but they immediately went back to the junkm spending three minutes on today being National Sandwich Day. However, they were the only ones who mentioned specifics about the proposal no one else talked about what each side wants at all.
Breakfast Television managed 90 seconds before a five minute (!) segment on Kyle Irving where Sid had his daily "I think I'm still on sports radio" rant.
CTV Morning--which is a national show not Ontario focused (in theory)--managed only to mention it in passing, though that's all they do with news on that show.
So for today, it's still in their "not that big a deal category" but maybe they are thinking about something happening on the weekend to end it.
I think the strike is generally less popular than the teacher's unions think, though there is still significant support for strikers, there's a lot of anger against the schools now for "choosing" to shut down too. The Ford strategy is banking on the longer this goes on the more he looks like he's the reasonable one, and no one actually talking about the specifics. It will quickly get to "I don't care who is right, just go back to work!"
My bellweathers are the TV morning shows which are generally targeted at moms of different demographics depending on the station, and all of them did make this a top story, but they quickly moved on to the regular infotainment junk news and spent much more time on that.
Global TV morning show spent five minutes of their 30 minutes show cycle (repeated four times each morning) on the strike, but they immediately went back to the junkm spending three minutes on today being National Sandwich Day. However, they were the only ones who mentioned specifics about the proposal no one else talked about what each side wants at all.
Breakfast Television managed 90 seconds before a five minute (!) segment on Kyle Irving where Sid had his daily "I think I'm still on sports radio" rant.
CTV Morning--which is a national show not Ontario focused (in theory)--managed only to mention it in passing, though that's all they do with news on that show.
So for today, it's still in their "not that big a deal category" but maybe they are thinking about something happening on the weekend to end it.
If your ignorance of whom is striking, i.e. it's not teachers, is indicative of general opinion then I think the issue is one of a misinformed public rather than unreasonable demands by those who are striking.I think the strike is generally less popular than the teacher's unions think,
How did you manage to watch the TV morning shows and still remain clueless as to who is striking?My bellweathers are the TV morning shows which are generally targeted at moms of different demographics depending on the station, and all of them did make this a top story
Please have the basic facts straight before touching my or anyone's money. Sheesh.Where I work, (a financial institution downtown in the financial district)