Striking CN rail members are seen outside the Mclean Rail Yard in North Vancouver on Nov. 20, 2019. Confidential RCMP documents reveal how involved corporations are when faced with disruptions to “business as usual” and how federal agencies should respond.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Internal documents reveal how police and government respond to protests or labour disputes that are framed as threats to national security, and how heavily corporations are involved.
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) members stand on picket line in Halifax in October 2018 after a call for a series of rotating 24-hour strikes.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Pritchard
Ordering Canada’s postal workers back on the job may hurt Justin Trudeau. CUPW could direct its anger directly at the Trudeau Liberals ahead of the 2019 federal election.
Canada Post workers walk the picket line during a rotating strike in Halifax on Nov. 13, 2018.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Ottawa has ordered postal workers back on the job, but is it constitutional? We should be circumspect about intervening in the bargaining process and skeptical about claims it’s in the public good.
Google employees protest outside the Google Corporate Campus Headquarters in Mountain View, California on November 1, 2018.
EPA / JOHN G. MABANGLO
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It pays to get workforce more involved in management.
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