Hans Rollmann is a writer and activist based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. He has a background in radio broadcasting and is currently a reporter, columnist and opinions editor for theindependent.ca.
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Hans Rollmann is a writer and activist based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. He has a background in radio broadcasting and is currently a reporter, columnist and opinions editor for theindependent.ca.
What is the future of labour’s time-honoured tactic?
Less than two months into their majority mandate, the federal Conservatives passed legislation that left the labour movement reeling. The Harper government’s use of back-to-work legislation to force an end to labour disputes at Air Canada and Canada Post was just the latest blow, however, to the labour movement’s most time-honoured tactic: the strike.