grte@lemmy.caM to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoDeal between Ontario high school teachers and province would avoid strikes: ministrywww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkDeal between Ontario high school teachers and province would avoid strikes: ministrywww.cbc.cagrte@lemmy.caM to CanadaPolitics@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI didn’t say fair deal, just one better than Ford will give If the members don’t have an appetite to strike then the union doesn’t have that power
minus-squaregrte@lemmy.caOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWell the point of this deal is to avoid a strike vote at all, to go straight from negotiations to arbitration, so it doesn’t seem like OSSTF leadership is all that interested in finding out if the rank and file is willing to strike.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI would have assumed they were more connected with their members sentiments before a strike vote. If it’s not close then it wouldn’t be necessary But I guess the union is so spread out that it might not be
I didn’t say fair deal, just one better than Ford will give
If the members don’t have an appetite to strike then the union doesn’t have that power
Well the point of this deal is to avoid a strike vote at all, to go straight from negotiations to arbitration, so it doesn’t seem like OSSTF leadership is all that interested in finding out if the rank and file is willing to strike.
I would have assumed they were more connected with their members sentiments before a strike vote. If it’s not close then it wouldn’t be necessary
But I guess the union is so spread out that it might not be