At 07:23 PM 17/06/2011, you wrote:
>Veronica Merryfield wrote:
> >>> The federal government has said they will table back to work
> >>> legislation, so I don't see the strike lasting very long.
> >>>
> >>
> >> What is that?
> >
> > It is where the government passes a law that says they have to go back =
to
> > work, although I think the prison system is so over crowded that they
> > wouldn't be able to deal with the workers if they stayed on strike.
> > Currently, the workers are locked out.
>
>You cannot be seriously implying that the Canadian government will put the
>workers in jail. :) The legislation you are referring to, will offer them =
a
>choice of "report to work, or find work somewhere else". All of the jobs
>I've had, worked that way, except it didn't take federal legislation for m=
y
>boss to fire me if I decided not to show up for a few days.
>
>Vitaliy

Here is a FAQ on Canadian back-to-work legislation:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/15/f-faq-back-to-work-legislati=
on.html

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