Canadian Rail Companies Lock Out Workers. Union Says They're Holding the Economy 'Hostage'

https://www.commondreams.org/news/canada-rail-dispute

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ram@bookwormstory.social · 15 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That's quite literally the point of a union. To hold that company's production hostage in order to level the playing field with those who otherwise are holding livelihoods, futures, and survival hostage.

jerkface@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

When uninvolved third parties are bearing more hardship from the action than the owners of the company are, it's closer to terrorism than a strike. But I mean, if a private company is so important to the survival of the country, it should be nationalized.

Edit: Of course, this isn't a strike. In this case, the union workers are the target of the action, they are not the actor.

kamenoko@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y

CN rail was privatized in 1995. It hasn't been good.

Clusterfck@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
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