Wednesday, January 21, 2009

This really isn’t my problem.


Shorter Rona Ambrose: Screw you, Ottawa.
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5 comments:

Renee said...

Seriously? Why should the Federal Government have a say in municipal labour relations? I'm thinking this is a good thing.

2:26 PM
The Seer said...

With Canada's New New Government on strike, I doubt that anyone's going to legislate anything.

2:35 PM
Dr.Dawg said...

I don't blame Ambrose for being pissed off, frankly. She was lied to by Team O'Brien, who were pushing that old "the union is out of touch with its members" routine. She bought it, forced a vote, and the parties (not to mention the public) lost more than two weeks waiting for the farce to conclude.

I get the feeling that the public is starting to smell a rat, if letters to the editor are anything to go by. Before is was Bad Union; now it's either Bad Union, Bad O'Brien, or simply Bad O'Brien.

The union offered to make a presentation to City Council about the scheduling issue (which is what this strike has always been about). The City responded by trying to charge the Union with unfair labour practices.

And onward we go. We don't get on the buses these days, but we're all on board the municipal ship of fools.

5:11 PM
The Seer said...

that old "the union is out of touch with its members" routine?

And in the American South, in the sixties, when the outside agitators showed up trying to get colored people to vote or start unions or integrate, they had to explain to the liberal New York media that "our Negroes is happy Negroes."

6:01 PM
Anonymous said...

Well maybe the city could sit down with the union - playing hard is not very good all around

6:07 PM

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