[tooblue]

Yesterday my union voted in favor of a strike if necessary ... in other words Ontario College teachers have empowered their bargaining team to bully management … going to the table with a strike mandate in you back pocket is not bargaining!

In recent years the Toronto High School Teachers Union did the exact same thing, eventually went on strike and were effectively neutered by the government and the general public … they now have a worse deal, and far less power.

Such events set a precedence … understand that the High School teachers unions in Canada are quite possibly one of the wealthiest and most powerful political bodies in the country –they own the Toronto Maple leafs and Toronto Raptors for Pete’s sake!

Regardless they were easily dismantled … something that has never before happened –economies have never been so tenuous and governments have never been so brazen.

I am beyond angry … DID THEY NOT LEARN ANYTHING from the high school teachers, or From the NHL players union?

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