> But you had the same decline in union density and militancy
> in all of the advanced capitalist countries - reflected in
> the disappearance or transformation of the old socialist and
> communist parties throughout - which would suggest that the
> structural factors I identified, rather than ideological or
> legal ones, were the more decisive.
>
> This doesn't mean that it is idle to trace the histories
> of anti-labour legislation and efforts to repress and isolate
> radical working class leaders, only to recognize that these
> factors have ALWAYS been present.
How insulated is Canada, compared to the US, from those structural pressures? You have (I am assuming from the .ca) more than twice American union density, with (Geoghegan argues) stronger organizing rights.
<http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-001-x/commun/4096025-eng.htm>
Where does the firing of PATCO strikers fit in that "always?" Was it a change or a constant?
Shane