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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The strike still might have lasted longer if the government hadn't gotten involved. The company probably got more interested in negotiating after government intervention was ineffective.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The company wouldn't have been relying on government intervention if the Liberals didn't have such a track record of working against labour rights. If you want fewer strikes and shorter strikes, the government needs to categorically take back to work legislation off the table.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Oh, for sure, the government could have gotten the same result by completely ruling out getting involved, and they would have been left looking a lot better; it's more likely they would have only said they wouldn't get involved yet, and then the company would have kept stalling.

I wasn't saying the government did the right thing, just that the union managed to make the most of the government doing the wrong thing.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

why? it's clear AC was ignoring the union counting on the gov to whip their slaves... if the gov had stayed out, AC would have had to negotiate for real

I see no logical path were the strike would have lasted longer without the gov putting its boot in it.... if anything, it may have been prevented altogether