CP Rail. CN Rail. Air Canada. You fill in the placard. Who’s next?
They all have as much right to strike as any other group of workers. In many cases, the strikers have legitimate reasons for striking: safety issues, job security, rest periods then there’s wages.
Often the strikers are on strike for wage increases. They complain that they need more money to cover the high prices in the marketplace. A vicious circle is launched.
The strikers get increases in wages if the strike is successful. The struck company, needing to compensate for the increased expenditures, raises prices. The strikers are back in the position of needing increased salaries to deal with the increase in prices.
General population be damned. You may run out of water in a week or two because the chlorine needed for water purification is shipped by rail. You may not get your morning paper because the paper for the newspaper was transported by rail. Your mechanic can’t fix your brakes because the brake pads are normally transported by rail.
No problem. We’ve transport trucks. These kings of the road find themselves to be the only transportation game in town. Price increase! We pay again, and so do the strikers.
And just when you thought these two, CN and CP will do their strike dance and we’re out of the woods with just a few scrapes of price increases. LOL, fat chance….look who’s next!
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