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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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There are now more than 50 bargaining units among the three unions that will be in a legal strike position in April.
Many Local Unions made a Christmas donation for the children of OPEIU Local 509 members on strike at Dynamic Metals.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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The unions announced the strike plans several days ago to dramatize members' unhappiness with their rising health insurance costs.
Trade Unions are very strong and all interlocutors considered that an investment in the paper mill would lead automatically to job reduction and strikes.
The presence of unions and the possibility of strikes drive away the companies that provide contracts.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Unions have the right to appeal decisions of provincial labor arbitration councils to provincial peoples courts, or to strike.
During the miners strike of 1984 in Britain the state spent tens of millions of pounds smashing what was one of the most militant and powerful unions.
The fact that trade unions and strikes are illegal in most of the zones of course makes it more difficult for workers to organise to defend their rights.
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Jake Farley,
Truck Driver
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Labor unions have been ignored by the media unless a major strike occurs, even then they are lucky to get a minute of time for their cause.
Unions are threatening strikes on the 85% of the rail network unless the TOCs back down.
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