Union Busting From The Picket Line

Again .. a post from a picketing colleague ...

"Union-Busting 101

In all my years in the college system, I have never seen such a vicious union-busting campaign! As these so-called “negotiations” unfolded, it became increasingly clear that management was utilizing a modified version of a union-busting tactic that was used in the United States 50 years ago.

This tactic is far too sophisticated to have been dreamed up by college managers; it has been “inspired” by industrial relations consultants and/or labour lawyers (thanks Maureen) who only understand confrontation and only create hostility, and who will NOT have to live with the day-to-day aftermath of it, which will be dreadful.

Make no mistake about this tactic -- its goal is to discredit the Union so totally that in the next round of negotiations, management will be empowered to increase our workloads substantially because we will be afraid to resist. And don’t be misled by hot chocolate -- Sheridan’s president is a most enthusiastic participant in this vicious attack on us. Read his March 23 e-mail that blames the Union for wanting arbitration as it is practiced 99.9% of the time.

The management team’s weak spot is that it is THEY who are insisting on a most unusual arbitration process that at this late stage of bargaining is loaded in management’s favour. We CAN thwart these people, by holding out a little longer, and forcing the government to take action to end the strike.

HANG IN THERE – we are close to our goal!"