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Canada to force striking rail workers back to jobs after negotiations stall

05-28-2012 10:16 AM MST |By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press
TORONTO (Associated Press) --

Canada plans to introduce legislation to force striking Canadian Pacific Railway workers back to their jobs after talks stalled over the weekend, the country's labor minister said Monday, saying the freight service shutdown at Canada's second largest railway is hurting the economy.

Locomotive engineers and conductors went on strike Wednesday, shutting down freight service along nearly 14,900 miles (24,000 kilometers) of track in Canada and the U.S.

Labor Minister Lisa Raitt on Monday called Canadian Pacific Railway the backbone of the country's economy, and she has said she would force strikers back to work if necessary.

The railway and the union said talks broke off Sunday with little hope of resumption.

The back-to-work legislation would be introduced Monday, and the strikers could be ordered to work this week.

Raitt noted that Canadian Pacific Railway moves $50 billion worth of freight each year, including more than half of Canada's potash, wheat and coal. The Mining Association of Canada has expressed "grave concern" about the strike's impact.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has cited potential economic damage in the past for preventing or ending strikes at Air Canada and Canada Post.

Opposition parties said the government is undermining the right to collective bargaining.

Major points of contention in the latest strike are pensions, certain work rules and fatigue management.

The strike has come amid big changes at the railway. Earlier this month, Canadian Pacific appointed an interim chief executive after chief executive Fred Green announced his departure, ending a monthslong battle that pitted New York activist investor Bill Ackman against a board of directors stocked with Canadian business titans.

The railroad also elected a new board of 16 directors, including seven backed by Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management fund is Canadian Pacific's largest shareholder with about 14 percent of the company's stock.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
Canada to force striking rail workers back to jobs after negotiations stall

05-28-2012 10:16 AM MST |By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press
TORONTO (Associated Press) --

Canada plans to introduce legislation to force striking Canadian Pacific Railway workers back to their jobs after talks stalled over the weekend, the country's labor minister said Monday, saying the freight service shutdown at Canada's second largest railway is hurting the economy.

Locomotive engineers and conductors went on strike Wednesday, shutting down freight service along nearly 14,900 miles (24,000 kilometers) of track in Canada and the U.S.

Labor Minister Lisa Raitt on Monday called Canadian Pacific Railway the backbone of the country's economy, and she has said she would force strikers back to work if necessary.

The railway and the union said talks broke off Sunday with little hope of resumption.

The back-to-work legislation would be introduced Monday, and the strikers could be ordered to work this week.

Raitt noted that Canadian Pacific Railway moves $50 billion worth of freight each year, including more than half of Canada's potash, wheat and coal. The Mining Association of Canada has expressed "grave concern" about the strike's impact.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has cited potential economic damage in the past for preventing or ending strikes at Air Canada and Canada Post.

Opposition parties said the government is undermining the right to collective bargaining.

Major points of contention in the latest strike are pensions, certain work rules and fatigue management.

The strike has come amid big changes at the railway. Earlier this month, Canadian Pacific appointed an interim chief executive after chief executive Fred Green announced his departure, ending a monthslong battle that pitted New York activist investor Bill Ackman against a board of directors stocked with Canadian business titans.

The railroad also elected a new board of 16 directors, including seven backed by Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management fund is Canadian Pacific's largest shareholder with about 14 percent of the company's stock.
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Wasn't there a US President who ordered striking air traffic controllers back to work?

One wonders if the poster of the OP will brand said President with the Stalin label also?
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
Canada to force striking rail workers back to jobs after negotiations stall

05-28-2012 10:16 AM MST |By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press
TORONTO (Associated Press) --

Canada plans to introduce legislation to force striking Canadian Pacific Railway workers back to their jobs after talks stalled over the weekend, the country's labor minister said Monday, saying the freight service shutdown at Canada's second largest railway is hurting the economy.

Locomotive engineers and conductors went on strike Wednesday, shutting down freight service along nearly 14,900 miles (24,000 kilometers) of track in Canada and the U.S.

Labor Minister Lisa Raitt on Monday called Canadian Pacific Railway the backbone of the country's economy, and she has said she would force strikers back to work if necessary.

The railway and the union said talks broke off Sunday with little hope of resumption.

The back-to-work legislation would be introduced Monday, and the strikers could be ordered to work this week.

Raitt noted that Canadian Pacific Railway moves $50 billion worth of freight each year, including more than half of Canada's potash, wheat and coal. The Mining Association of Canada has expressed "grave concern" about the strike's impact.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government has cited potential economic damage in the past for preventing or ending strikes at Air Canada and Canada Post.

Opposition parties said the government is undermining the right to collective bargaining.

Major points of contention in the latest strike are pensions, certain work rules and fatigue management.

The strike has come amid big changes at the railway. Earlier this month, Canadian Pacific appointed an interim chief executive after chief executive Fred Green announced his departure, ending a monthslong battle that pitted New York activist investor Bill Ackman against a board of directors stocked with Canadian business titans.

The railroad also elected a new board of 16 directors, including seven backed by Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management fund is Canadian Pacific's largest shareholder with about 14 percent of the company's stock.
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Thank-you, USF. As you can see the USA is not the only country infested with Conservatives and this is a good opportunity to witness the actions of said Conservatives. I hope the lesson isn't wasted on you.
 
LOL.

Many US presidents have ordered strikers back to work...

Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan...did USFreeDumb the Sheriff Joe wannabe call them "Stalin"?
 
I was talking with my friend who lives in Vancouver today. They introduced a law whereby if you failed a roadside breath test you would be immediately banned from driving and your car confiscated there and then, that is draconian even by US standards. This happened to him a while back, he was only just over, and he refused to pay the fine and they trashed his car including the tools for his work. It would seem that the true reason for this is to free up the courts and very little to do with any concept of justice. The idea that this can happen without a more accurate blood test or breathalyser test back at the station is just fascist to my mind! There is a class action suit going ahead now and the result will be known in July, I always thought Canada was laid back but that's definitely not the case here.

http://www.therecord.com/news/canad...e-court-urged-to-suspend-drunk-driving-ruling
 
Nobody will be literally "forced" back to work. Only if they wish to keep their jobs will they return. This is no different than what Reagan did with air traffic control, and I agree with it 100%. Government workers who provide essential services shouldn't be permitted to hold the taxpayers hostage. If they don't like it, they are free to find a job elsewhere. Why is that so difficult for you libs to grasp?
 
I am operating under the assumption that USF intended the title of this thread to be ironic, and does not actually believe the Canadian government is out of line on this issue...
 
When you consider how outlandish it is to make references to Stalin, and couple that with the issues going on in the US in places such as Wisconsin, and recognize where USF typically stands on issues, I can only conclude that he meant the title to be ironic and humorous.
 
Azathoth said:
Nobody will be literally "forced" back to work. Only if they wish to keep their jobs will they return. This is no different than what Reagan did with air traffic control, and I agree with it 100%. Government workers who provide essential services shouldn't be permitted to hold the taxpayers hostage. If they don't like it, they are free to find a job elsewhere. Why is that so difficult for you libs to grasp?
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Like so much in this world there is invariably more to a situation than at first appears. Reagan endorsed PATCO and their struggle for better conditions during the 1980 election campaign as a quid pro quo for its endorsement of his campaign. The most ironic aspect of Reagan's assault on PATCO was his claim that the strike was a peril to national safety even though the mass sackings resulted in a major shortage of controllers which took over 10 years to redress!

In the 1980 presidential election, PATCO (along with the Teamsters and the Air Line Pilots Association) refused to back President Jimmy Carter, instead endorsing Republican Party candidate Ronald Reagan. PATCO's refusal to endorse the Democratic Party stemmed in large part from poor labor relations with the FAA (the employer of PATCO members) under the Carter administration and Ronald Reagan's endorsement of the union and its struggle for better conditions during the 1980 election campaign.
On August 3, 1981 the union declared a strike, seeking better working conditions, better pay and a 32-hour workweek. In doing so, the union violated a law {5 U.S.C. (Supp. III 1956) 118p.} that banned strikes by government unions. However, several government unions (including one representing employees of the Postal Service) had declared strikes in the intervening period without penalties. Ronald Reagan, however, declared the PATCO strike a "peril to national safety" and ordered them back to work under the terms of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. Only 1,300 of the nearly 13,000 controllers returned to work. Subsequently, Reagan demanded those remaining on strike return to work within 48 hours, otherwise their jobs would be forfeited. At the same time Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis organized for replacements and started contingency plans. By prioritizing and cutting flights severely, and even adopting methods of air traffic management PATCO had previously lobbied for, the government was initially able to have 50% of flights available.
On August 5, following the PATCO workers refusal to return to work Reagan fired the 11,345 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored the order, and banned them from federal service for life (this ban was later rescinded by President Bill Clinton in 1993). In the wake of the strike and mass firings the FAA was faced with the task of hiring and training enough controllers to replace those that had been fired, a hard problem to fix as at the time it took three years in normal conditions to train a new controller. They were replaced initially with nonparticipating controllers, supervisors, staff personnel, some nonrated personnel, and in some cases by controllers transferred temporarily from other facilities. Some military controllers were also used until replacements could be trained. The FAA had initially claimed that staffing levels would be restored within two years; however, it would take closer to ten years before the overall staffing levels returned to normal. PATCO was decertified on October 22, 1981.
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http://avstop.com/news/strike1.html
 
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Aoxomoxoa said:
Certainly sacking so many ATCs could be construed as Stalinist albeit they didn't end up in Gulags. I suspect he would have though if he thought that he could get away with packing them all off to Gitmo.
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Is there something in your water over there that makes you guys exceptionally stupid.....??? Stalinist ?....Gulags ??? Gitmo ???

the union violated a law {5 U.S.C. (Supp. III 1956) 118p.} that banned strikes by government unions. ..........We in the US, are a nation of laws....
we don't make laws for fun or to play at governing......you break the law, you pay the piper.....
 
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