1) What do people think about the CAW's aggressive pushing of concessions - even when members have rejected them? The concerns that the CAW is perhaps violating their own costitution by having a second vote on concessions? Whether this is needed to keep jobs in Canada?
2) What do you think about the fact that Buzz couldn't manage to make the meeting because he was "stranded in the Carribean"? Because, I know everyone has to take a vacation, but if I'm an autoworker trying to fight a pay cut this would piss me off royally.
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James
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posted 13 March 2007 12:42 AM
Wait.
The "concession" was to give up an earlier bargained "pay for 40 nimutes while not working" arrangement
If that plant closes, so do many local and Ontario feeder plants. What they are conceding is "pay for time to find a parking space".
I think I'd gladly concede six buckk a day 'take -home' for my 100 grand a year job.
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Farmpunk
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posted 13 March 2007 01:42 AM
Maybe Buzz is trying to forge a new union amoungst the many seasonal labourers (twenty thousand and growing fast) that come from the Carribean to Ontario every year to do the work that no one here will do.
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