Canada Post back-to-work bill passes

[auntAgonist]

OTTAWA - After a marathon around the clock filibuster that lasted more than 58 hours, weary members of the House of Commons passed legislation on Saturday night ordering thousands of locked-out Canada Post employees back to work.

The government had tabled the back-to-work bill on Monday after Canada Post locked out the union, claiming rotating strikes that began on June 3 were costing the company tens of millions of dollars in lost business.

There had been hope that the bill would spur the two sides to reach an agreement on their own; Air Canada and its union reached a deal only hours after the Tories announced a back-to-work bill on that dispute earlier this month.

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Union members blamed the bill for removing Canada Post’s will to negotiate, saying it unfairly sided with them.

http://www.therecord.com/news/canada/article/553506--canada-post-back-to-work-bill-passes

also:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/25/canada-post.html

[CHIMO]

1. The Opposition

Wanted to have a vacation. They could have held it up for weeks. But the opposition and the government wanted a holiday!

That's it folks! Nothing changed. They should have known that at the beginning. Or they had/have a few loose screws!

So what are the NDP going to do? What is Layton going to do? What is .... going to do?

We know what Harper is going to do.