MGT260H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: John A. Macdonald, Canadian Auto Workers, Wildcat Strike Action
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Nothing changed, but it messed up students lives. Garbage in the streets because garbage workers went on strike. Got to the point of a health issue. 39 days later toronto saved 33. 2 million dollars. It ended up helping the city fix budget problem. E(cid:374)ded up: e(cid:454)isti(cid:374)g e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ees get to (cid:271)a(cid:374)k si(cid:272)k da(cid:455)s, (cid:374)e(cid:449) e(cid:373)plo(cid:455)ees do(cid:374)"t. Rather than being an individual worker, there"s strength in numbers. One single person striking doesn"t have much power. Craft union - you control your own industry and labour supply, lots of power over free contractors. Local - local chapter of a larger area. First canadian strike in 1872 - news printers wanted to limit to a 9 hour work day. They were thrown in jail for conspiracy because there were no labour law about striking. Winnipeg was the largest strike in canadian history. They called in the police, people were injured. Russia had just falle(cid:374), go(cid:448)"ts (cid:449)ere terrified ca(cid:374)ada (cid:449)ould go (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ist.
