Comment 81030

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted September 19, 2012 at 11:59:35

Every teacher I've spoken to knew they were going to take a hit. Some actually were okay with it and knew it was time to take one for the team, others just knew the public wouldn't support them in any job action right now so fighting too hard would be fruitless. But they were all ready for it and had accepted that they were going to lose a lot in the next contract.

But this outcome isn't anything like what anybody expected. There was supposed to be some negotiation. The government and the teacher's union was supposed to meet at the table, lay out some options, and settle on the one that was least-awful. Instead, the Provincial Government did a complete circumvention of the entire collective bargaining process, first actively campaigning against the teacher's union in public, and then jumping straight to legislation.

That's not okay.

And even worse, we've got Smokey Thomas at OPSEU writing letters that are over-the-top attacks on the government, embarrassing his union and feeding more ammo into those who'd like to see public-sector unions abolished altogether.

What should've been a reasonable negotiation for a new contract has instead become a threat against the institution of collective bargaining.

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