Tracy MacMaster is a member of the Ontario Public Service Employee Union (OPSEU). They are out on strike. I have outlined some of the reasons for the strike in another post. Recently, MacMaster posted the following on her Facebook page: What do we want t? A fair contract! If we don't get it, SHUT IT … Continue reading The Dogma Of Some Trade-Union Activists: The Cliche of a Fair Contract”
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The Rhetoric of Union Reps: The So-called Good Job and Fair Wages of Liquor Store Workers
Introduction Workers working for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) are now on strike. There seem to be three issues from the point of view of the union (Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local (OPSEU): job security (since Conserative Premier Doug Ford plans to privatize liquor sales by permitting such sales in local grocery … Continue reading The Rhetoric of Union Reps: The So-called Good Job and Fair Wages of Liquor Store Workers
Social Democrats or Social Reformers Fail to Recognize Their Own Limitations: The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle Once Again
Tracy MacMaster commented on John Clarke's post This exactly. Thanks John Clarke . To what was MacMaster referring? To Clarke's post concerning the "bullshit asymmetry principle." I quote from John Clarke: A FB friend put up a post that deals with the 'bullshit asymmetry principle.' This holds that 'the amount of energy needed to refute … Continue reading Social Democrats or Social Reformers Fail to Recognize Their Own Limitations: The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle Once Again
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