Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn View Post
Hey RGA. B.C. is not alone.

Here's a message from Ontario's Premier, released this morning...

Print Article: Dalton McGuinty pitches wage freeze to teachers on YouTube - Toronto - CBC News

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The McGuinty governement's requests are extremely reasonable, IMO, under the circumstance of Ontario's debt & deficit and circumstances in the current economy.

There's no getting away with the fact that public service unions have exploited their ability to the "strike against the public", (as I've put it). But this "union greed" as generally been complemented by govenment's ability & willingness to simply pass on the costs to the taxpayers. Now we have a government that has less of the ability & willingness, and it is saying, "Enough already!". (Bloody heck! Am I sounding like Markw? Crap!)

But it isn't just governments who were willing, when they could, to pass on costs to their consumers. It's been true from time to time of private business too, especially in times of constrained competition, e.g. the North American auto industry in the '50s. The consequence was the same -- wages & benefits for their workers far in excess of workers in more competitive industries. The time for redress comes around.