So yesterday I posted a short little thing about how CUPE telling people to get back to work is ironic (and funny). It is.
Let me get a few things straight. The weekend is a good thing. Safety regulations are a good thing. So are vacation pay, health care, and a slew of other great things that unions have gotten us. I like unions or I guess I should say I like the idea of unions. Perhaps a better way to say it is that I like what unions used to be.
I know what unions can do, two of my four parents are in unions. However there is a real difference between unions. CUPE is not the same as the USW. ATU is not the same as the UMW.
UMW and USW had created much better working conditions for thousands of Canadian (and American) industrial workers. There efforts have arguable made working conditions and compensation better for all of us.


