Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Saskatoon's United cabs and Blueline taxis accused of breaking law

Saskatoon's United cabs and Blueline taxis accused of breaking law

On November 15 the CAW will press the issue further by collecting the names of all the non-unionized drivers, putting their name in a hat and randomly drawing 10 names.

The union will notify the cab companies of those names and offer them a choice, obey the Trade Union Act or face termination.
If you have to resort to extortion to get your way, chances are you're on the wrong side of the issue.

I sincerely hope that these cab drivers take this to court, and would gladly pay into a defense fund to have them take it to the Supreme Court. The right to associate should always include the inverse - the right not to associate, and I believe that this right is being taken away by forced participation in unions.

3 comments:

  1. But remember, if you gave people a choice to not be a part of unions or not to pay union dues, unions might lose their relevance and unions bosses might lose their jobs. And you care about jobs don't you?

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  2. "If it saves just one job..."?

    I care about jobs. REAL jobs. Not fake jobs created through dues extorted from those they are meant to help.

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  3. How can the CAW fire drivers, do they own the cab companies.

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