"Any federally regulated company, it's a win for them at this point," Boucher told Reuters in his first interview since the Thursday lockout. "This is disastrous for labour, for workers."
That title is a bit of a misrepresentation of the union leader's position. It should have read:
Canadian rail decision is a win for companies; disastrous for labour, and for workers, union leader says.
To be fair, when I hear a union rep saying “this outcome was good for the employer”, I kind of assume it is consequently bad for the workers. I don’t really believe win/win situations really happen in labour agreement negos lol
You're nitpicking. It's not a direct quote anyways; it's already paraphrased. They had no issue editorializing "them" to "companies", so adding an implied "and" wouldn't be any worse than that.
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Enkers@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 1y
That title is a bit of a misrepresentation of the union leader's position. It should have read:
Canadian rail decision is a win for companies; disastrous for labour, and for workers, union leader says.
folkrav@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 1y
To be fair, when I hear a union rep saying “this outcome was good for the employer”, I kind of assume it is consequently bad for the workers. I don’t really believe win/win situations really happen in labour agreement negos lol
Enkers@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
Yeah, I agree, but you still have to be able to read between the lines to grock what it's saying. They left out the more important explicit part.
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 1y
He probably didn't say "and" If he did that it would be miss quoting which IMO is worse
Enkers@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
You're nitpicking. It's not a direct quote anyways; it's already paraphrased. They had no issue editorializing "them" to "companies", so adding an implied "and" wouldn't be any worse than that.
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 1y
Pot calling kettle black, I understood the title without the bloody and
Enkers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Maybe I misunderstood your previous comment, because I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say here.
Are you saying my version of the title would have been fine without the "and" I added? I'm struggling to understand what you're taking issue with.
StrangeQuark@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y
Apart of a large union and would love to see solidarity between our groups.
Lisa Raitt did the same to us some years back and hamstrung our efforts
Kichae@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
Sounds like some corporate offices and some parliamemt buildings need to be burnt down
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
Best I can do is a half-assed peaceful protest followed by complaining on Xitter, using words like "unalived."