Let me guess they're going to offer all the out of work mill workers with training to work at call centers? Maybe we can reclaim some of those jobs from India now?

"...what their unions are attempting to do with respect to coming up with new ideas about privatization, public investment and other local initiatives.."

New ideas to fight change, or is the union changing their tune? Small, non-unionized business is the greatest economic driver these days.

Only government and multi-nationals have deep enough pockets to support these union guys today.

Having to put up with some union rep that wants to wobble the job because someone stuck their tongue out at at someone else, would just kill a small business.

Stiffling innovation and change is the hallmark of unionism, and that isn't going to change for anyone or anything. Even the fact some shipping companies were even thinking of using Prince Rupert, was enough for the dock thugs to threaten to disrupt the smooth movement of goods for those companies. Clearly change, and innovation are not good for unions.

Oooohh! Those slippery greedy corporate capitalists! HeeHee!

Ya right, Yahma. What the hell would workers or their reps know about anything. Let's just let the management suits and the Chamber of Commerce run everything. We could then go back to child labour, 48 hours a week, no pensions or medical. and no business taxes. One of the fine upstanding free enterprisers that you seem to adore has just started his prison term in Florida. Oops, I forgot business men can do no wrong. Get a life. You sound an awfull lot like Bruce Strachan.

Or we could sit by and let the unions run this city into the ground, the way they want to. It would be better having a $15.00 hour job than no job....Oh, sorry, not according to a union person.

Maybe Buzz Hargrove should be invited here for a cameo appearance. He knows how to run the CAW. Maybe he can show us rubes how to deal with our predicament.

"..One of the fine upstanding free enterprisers that you seem to adore has just started his prison term in Florida.."

?? Do you mean Conrad Black, comatoose?? Everything Conrad Black owns is unionized. Unions have always made lots of money off CB. The only thing CB screwed over was the investors (non-unionized people).

Lot of good it did him! Have to admire a guy for trying though.

Bang on yama. Looking for some union slug to work our way our out of this mess ain't gonna happen.Camoose: childlabour, no pensions, no business tax??? Don' be a union drama queen.

If you think C. Black only sacrewed shareholders, check this out.

From

http://pacificgazette.blogspot.com/

Goin' To The Slammer.... And He's Gonna Get Harried
LordBlackInTheCrossHairs
NoSafeHarbourVille


A number of folks I know, some of whom visit this site occasionally, don't understand why I made such a big deal about the trial of Mr. Conrad Black.

After all, they say, even if it's true, beyond a reasonable doubt, what he did, well, isn't it just one more example of the rich stealing from the rich?

To which I say, hmmmmmm..........

And then, if I can get them to listen to one more rant, I mention that it's not just the monied-rich who have found themselves on the receiving end of one of Mr. Black's oft-repeated rapier-like recoupments of resourses that he considers to be his righteous recompense.

One of the most egregious examples of which is the Dominon Stores pension fund incident from the 1980's.

Essentially, this was a situation wherein Mr. Black decided that a pension fund 'surplus' belonged not to the people that worked for one of the companies that his holding company held*, but rather to, well, him.

Here's the story from the Union local that fought for years to get (some?) of the money back:

Local 414 (of the CAW) has a proud and colourful history, the original Charter dates back to 1945, as a Provincial Local representing in the early days primarily Dominion Stores. The Local has gone through some rough and tumultuous times over the past 58 years. We presently have over 14, 000 members.

Years were spent battling with Conrad Black as he dismantled the Dominion Stores. At that time Dominion Stores Limited were the most profitable, highest volume Company in the Canadian grocery industry. Other changes we had to deal with were the practice of franchising grocery stores. Many of our No Frills Stores, Valumart Stores and Food Basics stores are franchised today.

We fought with Conrad Black for several years to recover pension monies that were owing to Local 4l4 members who worked in the Dominion Stores. As of today, $46 million dollars has been recovered and divided among the qualified active and retired members that worked at Dominion Stores who were entitled to pensions.

So, if something crazy happens to Lord Black while he's in the slammer, something that, miracles of miracles, results in something that even closely approximates contrition in his heart of hardened hearts, I will send my best wishes not just to the fat-cat stockholders of Hollinger International but also to all the little people who found themselves caught in the good Lord's crosshairs over the years as well.

Read this for more detail:

http://www.cawlocal.ca/414/history.asp

"...$46 million dollars has been recovered.."

That's alot of moola! No wonder the unions are after CB, he had money! Lotsa money! Just the kind of thing unions are attracted to.

I'm sure the unions and CB deserve each other. They were both grabbing handfuls of money from the cash drawer, and to hell with where ever it came from and who the money belongs to.

Polecat you sound like a disgruntled ex union member that couldn't be protected from dismissal for sticking your tongue out at someone. Is there much of that going on these days in your new job as a minimun wage burger flipper?