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From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Recession a plot to break the unions??
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Date: Mon, 24-Oct-83 23:39:24 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 24 23:39:24 1983
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Tonight (Mon), the CBC National News gave prominent coverage to the retirement
speech of Grace Hartman, outgoing president of the Cdn Union of Public 
Employees.  In it, she claimed that the recent recession was a plot designed
to break the unions.  Quite a statement if true.  I have no clue of where
to look for evidence or counter-evidence to this-- I wonder if any net
readers have any information on this.
  I don't usually subscribe to conspiracy theories, but with all the
interlocking directorships in Canada, one never knows.  I think it more
likely that a number of companies and governments took advantage of a
recession to further their aims, acting independently.  In fact, given the
profit motive, I'd be surprised if companies *didn't* take advantage of the
recession in some way.

I know replies should normally be sent by mail, but I might suggest that
in this case they be sent to this newsgroup-- Cdn politics is more
interesting than the amount of traffic on this group would suggest.

p. rowley, U. Toronto