Tentative deal reached

Oct 10, 2005 23:38

While I was having dinner away from the picket lines today, apparently a newsflash reached the lines: The TWU bargaining committee and TELUS reached a tentative deal ( Read more... )

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caligo_ October 11 2005, 06:03:44 UTC
great news about the strike being over!

Muahaha, Flames are teh sux0rx. It's nothing short of a miracle that they managed to get into the playoffs in the first place, let alone topple a team like the Canucks. Red Wings FTW!!1!one

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sarahskunkie October 11 2005, 06:24:55 UTC
In Sutter we Trust.

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caligo_ October 11 2005, 22:39:50 UTC
*snrk* in Kipurusoff you miss the puck :P

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maskwa October 11 2005, 06:20:43 UTC
I will surely want to check into the offer before casting a vote. I admit to being a little bothered that the tribunals have not had a chance to nail the scabs as members-in-bad-standing, so they still have the right to vote. Reports are that the Bargaining Committee was not unanimous in its endorsement, which all the more makes me want to read it myself.

If it's bad, I'll vote no.
If it's good, I'll vote yes.

Democracy is grand :)

Until there is a ratified contract, I will be on the lines.

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maskwa October 11 2005, 16:37:30 UTC
I used far too many commas. Ick.

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dcrabbit October 11 2005, 09:11:47 UTC
I don't like it when the union says a deal gives the company the means they need to be flexible. Isn't that what the strike was over in the first place?

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jeran October 11 2005, 15:49:27 UTC
It could also mean "We got the things we really wanted, so we threw the company enough bones to go with the public and financial pressures to get them to sign off on it.". It depends on how confident the bargaining committee was of eventually winning.

The language of the contract will tell which way it went. Trust the contract, the whole contract and nothing but the contract. :)

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sarahskunkie October 11 2005, 18:54:20 UTC
It does. However when our bigwigs know for damn sure that Job Security was our #1 priority, I'm sure they had that in mind when it came time to comment.

I suspect what Jeran does. 'We got what we wanted, so we're throwing them enough bones and scraps to make them happy.'

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