City完全合法去招聘 REPLACEMENT WORKERS!UNION的MEMBER 愿意罢工就继续罢去吧!
Replacement OC Transpo Workers 'Legal': City
Josh Pringle
Thursday, January 8, 2009
The City of Ottawa continues to explore different scenarios incase striking OC Transpo workers reject the city's contract offer.
Drivers, dispatchers and mechanics with the Amalgamated Transit Union will vote today on the contract offer.
Councillor Jan Harder told CFRA's Afternoon Edition with Rob Snow City Council will make decisions on contingency plans during a meeting next Wednesday if the Amalgamated Transit Union votes "no."
Harder says the fastest way to get buses rolling quickly is the union accepting the contract offer.
City Council has held several meetings in private to discuss the strike, and Harder says all options have been looked at.
In a memo to City Councillors, City Manager Kent Kirkpatrick said the use of replacement workers is a legal action, as long as it's taken with the goal of maintaining operations and not breaking the union.
Harder wouldn't disclose what options City Council has discussed, but did say the use of replacement workers has been discussed – along with other options.
Mayor Larry O'Brien tells the Ottawa Sun the city could try to identify members who voted to accept the offer and entice them to return to work.