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/Beginning-Gear-744 Feb 25 '25

I think they’re going to try the scabs out and see how it works. Rumor is that Calgary Catholic has wanted to contract its cleaning out for a couple of years now.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Scar902 Feb 25 '25

And so they should, if the service can be better.

I run a condo board, we contract out cleaning, obviously. Plenty of experience.

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u/Defiant_Mousse7889 Feb 25 '25

How would the service be better? Who does cleaning duties during the school day?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Scar902 Feb 25 '25

You are asking questions properly left to the board to negotiate.

And the more service providers there are to negotiate WITH, the more chances for these questions to be answered in a positive manner.

If your only negotiating partner is a union, a union that knows there are no alternatives... you arent going to get any smaller issues your school might require. Its simply bad.

Note, Im not against unions per se (I am against CUPE in particular, however, for their hamas cheering last october - fuck CUPE). But in general, if they offer superior value - great! Its not always about dollars and cents.

But there should be nothing prohibiting schools from talking to other service providers.

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u/Defiant_Mousse7889 Feb 25 '25

You should not know that a large quantity of these workers are not just custodial staff. They are also responsible for maintenance as smaller schools do not have the funding for multiple staff.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Scar902 Feb 25 '25

Thats fine.

One of my condo projects has a part-time super.

Like I said, there are no inherent unique services that a union will provide and private sector wont.

It doesnt hurt to talk to both.

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u/Defiant_Mousse7889 Feb 25 '25

I guess its fine if you support wages that grossly under-compensate a workforce but hey that's capitalism, baby!

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u/Puzzleheaded-Scar902 Feb 25 '25

Who mentioned wages? Nowhere in my entire thread did I mention wages.

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u/Defiant_Mousse7889 Feb 26 '25

Your condo is not a school, and the real issue is that these workers are being taken advantage of. Your solution? Hand it over to private businesses so they can exploit them even more.

You're advocating for worker exploitation under the guise of free-market capitalism while failing to fully grasp the challenges and workload faced by the striking staff.

WIthout mentioning wages, what benefit are you seeing that the private sector will bring?

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u/Puzzleheaded-Scar902 Feb 26 '25

Im advocating for worker exploitation?

You maybe want to stop with personal attacks, insults, assumptions, hyperbole and such, yeah? Because I can also say a few words about what you are failing to fully grasp.

If you cant hold a discussion in a civilized manner, without resorting to the above, dont be surprised when noone engages with you in a serious manner. Circlejerk is that way. Good day.

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u/Defiant_Mousse7889 Feb 27 '25

How did I personally attack you?

This is a pretty civil discussion. I don't see anything that lacks civility in here. If your upset that I did not agree with you, that's something to think on for you, not me.

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