Turning back the clock on labour

By Janice Kennedy in the Ottawa Citizen on July 2, 2011.

If you believe unions have a place in our society, helping set workplace standards for all employees, regardless of union affiliation; if you think workers are entitled to justice, fair treatment and the maintenance of acquired, hard won rights; if you suspect that the best contracts are collectively bargained, and convinced that the best bargaining is done without a third party in the room holding a gun to one side's head; if you believe any of these things, no matter how personally inconvenient you may find one labour disruption or another - then there's only one thing you can do.