What's Brad going to do with the CUPE Strikers?
For those of you joining us from outside Saskatchewan, a quick catch-up:
I am hearing from some interesting sources that Wall and Co. are looking at appointing a binding arbitrator for the dispute.
As the strike by the province's 2,400 university support staff enters its 13th day today there is no sign of a break in stalled contract talks.
This would be a very interesting fist move by the Sask Party. It would send a signal to the labour movement that the Sask Party is serious about changing the labour-relations dynamic in this province.
This sort of move would be popular with the Sask Party base and only really piss-off trade unionists (who didn't exactly support them to begin with.)
Now, what would be a serious over-reaction by a rookie government would be to legislate these people back to work, THAT would be a sign that they are going to do exactly what the NDP always said the Sask Party would do: Declare war on organized labour.
This story bears watching....
