[lbo-talk] Labour relations, Alberta style

[N P Childs]

Break windows on a bus with a piece of wood; possession of a weapon 
for dangerous purposes. Try and run people off the highway as part of 
your management strategy; dangerous driving.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051014/brooks_strike051015/20051016?hub=Canada

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051015.wunions1015/BNStory/National/

I have no doubt whatsoever that the supine media in this province 
will make this into something that the union caused. The first 
efforts have been to justify the management actions by saying they 
were 'trying to serve court papers' . Right, senior managers acting 
like bailiffs.

You can only imagine the reaction had this been the other way around; 
the union would have been decertified by now and the union reps in 
the slammer. Doing anything remotely equivalent, like say, revoking 
Tyson's corporate charter in Alberta will not appear as a possibility here.

Alberta is sometimes labeled 'Texas North' we now appear to look more 
like Arkansas.

PC

N Paul Childs
5967-157 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
T5Y 2P3

e-fax 413-683-9725
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