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May 25, 2016 | 12:20 PM

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UnkieTrunkie

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When I was teaching, I sat through 3 separate re-ups of contract negotiations, and every time, we had to take it up to Last, Best, & Final, the last stop before striking.

May 26, 2016 | 12:45 PM

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I've worked in unionized environments for about 15 years and fortunately none have ever come close to going on strike. They've always been in the category of essential services so I'm pretty sure we'd be on skeleton staffing anyway.

I've voted twice to authorize a strike, but both times a deal was done before actually having to strike.

May 26, 2016 | 12:47 PM

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Work To Rule

When I was teaching, I sat through 3 separate re-ups of contract negotiations, and every time, we had to take it up to Last, Best, & Final, the last stop before striking.

Oddly, I've never accepted an LBF. We always had 1 or 2 more proposals after.

May 30, 2016 | 10:21 AM

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The last union I belonged to in Ontario was quite strong locally (as were most of the other locals) and I can't imagine we ever would've went on strike. Glad I've never had to deal with that.