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From: dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley)
Newsgroups: ut.general
Subject: Re: Immoral strikes
Keywords: the right to strike
Message-ID: <745@helios.toronto.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 89 14:46:47 GMT
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In article <89Mar13.104507est.9391@ois.db.toronto.edu> jdd@db.toronto.edu ("John D. DiMarco") writes:
>The point I'm making is that you're not attempting to ensure we get the best
>quality education possible at all. In fact, the willingness of the Union to
>engage in this strike is an indication that you care so little about 
>'quality education' that you are willing to hold undergraduates 'for ransom'
>against the University.

Ok, here we have the point that I have been trying to make all along.
The university knew that we were serious.  They had been warned that
we intended to strike over these issues.  They refused to bargain
for 7 months.  They presented us with an insulting 'final offer'
and expected us to run away with our tails between our legs.  It
was the complete irresponsibility on the part of the administration
that caused the strike.  If they had EVER attempted to bargain in
good faith, none of it would ever had happened.  There is no way
that you can look at this strike and legitimately say that CUEW
was malicious.  It is completely ludicrous.  We care so much about
quality education that we are willing to put it all on the line,
the picket line, to ensure that some semblance of quality is
maintained.  You were indeed being held ransom, but it was by the
administration.  It was their deliberate negligence which caused
the strike.

Kevin Dooley, CUEW local 2 steward for Physics and Astronomy

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