Comments on Canadian Political Action How-To Blog: The Dark Side of Privatization

GINA, it's easy to tell people to just find an...

2009-12-12T19:31:52.025-05:00

GINA, it's easy to tell people to just find another job. But if everyone does that when their companies start competing in the race to the bottom for wages and working conditions, then pretty soon, there's nowhere to go.

Workers need to stand united in opposition to companies eliminating full-time jobs with benefits. If we don't, we're all going to be stuck working 2-3 part-time jobs without benefits just to make ends meet, while CEOs congratulate themselves for destroying the social fabric of our country by giving themselves multi-million dollar bonuses.

The DriveTest strike is a righteous fight that everyone should be supporting. There has to be a line drawn somewhere. Maximizing profits cannot be allowed to trump ethics.

Any private company is in for making money. How i...

2009-12-12T11:38:01.485-05:00

Any private company is in for making money. How is this SERCO's fault. We need to be carefull when we are selecting goverments. Generally Liberals are suppose to clean Conservative mess and vise versa. I am a business owner and my company's purpose is to provide good customer service and good profit. If you are not happy with what you have just find another job, why become a headache for all of Ontario. At the end you will still have your job but may companies and its employees will left with none.

It appears DES is getting ready to replace strikin...

2009-12-10T13:16:22.006-05:00

It appears DES is getting ready to replace striking employees:

http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/dispjb_eng.aspx?OrderNum=4771366&Source=JobPosting

http://serco.hirefx.com/

Coming from the USA and having seen so many jobs m...

2009-12-09T00:09:25.248-05:00

Coming from the USA and having seen so many jobs marginalized and sent overseas, I really think Canadians need to consider keeping your jobs at home.

Anonymous, What do you mean by a legitimate and j...

2009-12-08T23:27:25.487-05:00

Anonymous,

What do you mean by a legitimate and justified labour action?

Are you insinuating that there are people who will be partaking in illegitimate and unjustified labour action?

Perhaps you should be a little more careful about making allegations as this situation is tense enough as it is.

Dumbass liberal.

I hope the valid points you have made sway the dis...

2009-12-08T18:28:04.525-05:00

I hope the valid points you have made sway the disgruntled from their abhorrence to a legitimate, and justified labour action. I doubt it, but it's difficult to reason with people who have their fingers in their ears.