The union has been without a contract since December 31st, 2005. Not an exceptionally long time, as far as negotiations go, but I guess the union is getting restless. According to the union, the employer is moving too slow for them - although those of us who were on the picket line 3 years ago know that the union brass received a lot of flak for forcing a strike in March when it was still cold. So now they've waited until May - pleasant enough and designed to interfere with people's camping holidays, no doubt.
The buzz at work - even though I haven't been there since last Friday - is that management will provide the union with a really bad offer that the membership will have to vote on. Of course, this is what the union is saying. They are always looking for a strike mandate even though they don't always intend to go on strike - or so they say.
Why is it that I find my own union difficult to believe? Why is it that I find the entire labour contract negotiation process flawed? Does the union leadership not realize that its members are not in the mood for another strike, especially so soon after the last one? Perhaps I'll need to write a letter to Ms Casselman and let her know.
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