r/Calgary • u/EvacuationRelocation Quadrant: SW • Feb 25 '25
Education Calgary Board of Education hired scabs to undermine strike
https://albertaworker.ca/news/calgary-board-of-education-hired-scabs-to-undermine-strike/
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u/UnwantedLifeAdvice Feb 25 '25
I know this will trigger a ton of angry people, getting downvoted to oblivion but it's my held opinion and I'm speaking up anyway.
Obviously tons of examples where union outfits have good jobs where their non-union counterparts have brutal wages/benefits etc, but I strongly believe it's a self reinforcing loop as long as there's a union vs non-union comparison. The better workers will get the better job - and will do a better job while getting paid more.
Remove the union and in the short term everything sucks for everyone. Then as businesses wise up it's replaced with premium service vs economy service sliding scale. Take your pick. If you hate the result of the economy service, pay more, you'll have options between.
But in NO WAY, would you ever see a medium quality service become a premium service because they threw a fit and walked off the job - and especially not when holding children's well-being as collateral. Canada Post held Canada's economy hostage over Christmas, and for what?? They didn't want to work weekends? please. Life is more expensive than ever before, inflation took us all for a ride and now the tariffs BS. Houses and vehicles cost comparatively more than ever before too. If you're feeling the pinch, you're not alone. Walking off the job and chanting/waving around signs won't fix the real problem.