Comment 81103

By jimbo (anonymous) | Posted September 20, 2012 at 13:29:50 in reply to Comment 81066

your comment takes a lot of parsing Kevin. Apparently to you even suggesting that there an issue in opposing the teachers' union demands is off the table, and by doing so you you are 'going after' them in the same way as someone who goes after gays, minorities et al.

The David Miller lesson is that when the union goes after the most progressive city government Toronto had ever seen, on the basis that Miller was a soft target and they could get concessions, they set public opinion against them and inaugurated the most retrogressive government the city has ever seen. Similarly McGuinty has been at the helm of a government that has raised teachers' salaries by 25% in ten years. Then when he even suggests (as a bargaining position, note, which gets watered down in the eventual settlement) that increases would cease and benefits would be reduced - then a strike situation breaks out.

I agree tachers should have the right to bargain and strike. But I don't think they've thought through the consequences.

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