Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 11:06:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeffrey Booth <booth2-AT-husc.harvard.edu>
To: marxism-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
cc: marxism-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
Subject: Re: Ontario Government Workers Settlement?



	Dear Brother Harley,
				I know you don't control events but I 
can't help wondering... do you think we'll ever get a general strike in 
TORONTO anytime soon?!?  Is it true Moosejaw is next on the list?  

				In Solidarity,
						Jeff Booth
						AFSCME 3650


On Thu, 28 Mar 1996 blunose-AT-interserv.com wrote:

> There was breakthrough last night (late Wed, early Thurs) in the OPSEU (Ontario 
> Public Service Employees Union) labour negotiations. The central bargaining unit 
> cleared an agreement today for a settlement vote on Friday/Saturday. The six 
> sub-units of the union need to iron out some details on each unit's back to work 
> protocol. Rumour has it that it is the "Corrections" unit holding up the 
> proceedings.
> 
> Details are sketchy regarding the terms. (Very little on the news, I got my info 
> from a worker friend.) The key issue in my opinion (and in many others') is 
> successor rights. The Harris government is planning massive layoffs and 
> privatization. The union was fighting to obtain better severance packages and to 
> maintain successor rights in the newly privatized sectors.
> 
> I will post relevant details later when I learn more.
> 
> Gay Harley
> Toronto, Canada
> Blunose-AT-interserv.com
> 
> 
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