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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Saturday, September 13, 2003 ::
No market for unions? Ask Gencie Marshall By Ken Georgetti Financial Post
A receptionist's dismissal from a private school two years before her retirement date illustrates why we still need unions, says Canada's top labour boss
True to its neo-conservative form, the National Post marked Labour Day by launching a week-long journalistic feeding frenzy on organized labour.
Day after day, Post readers were told unions were a spent force -- out of step with their members and shunned by workers not yet unionized.
State of the Unions: Court rulings entrench unions By Diane Francis Financial Post
Canadians think more like Americans than Europeans when it comes to labour unions.
Some 93% of Canadians who responded to a National Post/Global National poll said they feel workers should be able to choose the union that represents them. Nearly two-thirds, or 62%, said removing a union should as easy as voting in one.
Nice sentiments, but no such rights exist here. Canadians only think they do.------------------------------------------- posted 8:12 AM :: reference link ::
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