They threatened all of that when the Strike vote happened (to this day no one knows what the actual turn out and vote tally was and they had a very Byzantine method to allow members to vote )
The vote turn out for PSAC in 2023 was revealed in a Federal Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board decision, after a Rand submitted a complaint about the way the strike vote was conducted.
That guy…The vote turn out for PSAC in 2023 was revealed in a Federal Public Service Labour Relations and Employment Board decision, after a Rand submitted a complaint about the way the strike vote was conducted.
Paterson v. Public Service Alliance of Canada - Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board
Site descriptiondecisions.fpslreb-crtespf.gc.ca
They didn’t make it easy to vote…
I must be missing something (never been a member of a union). It is my understanding that in order to receive strike pay you have to actively participate in the strike; picket duties, etc. You could simply sit at home watching soaps and receive nothing. That's a long way from being a 'scab' (crossing the line).
Part of the argument is a non-member benefits from any raise, benefit enhancement, etc. that the union negotiates. For the first number of years of our police association being a bargaining unit, we historically had a small handful of service members, like 2 or 3, who refused to join the association. At some point it became a 'close shop' and they no longer had the option. Unless things have changed since I left, the association has a duty to represent WRT grievances, but the legal indemnification fund is set up separately and a member could, in writing, elect not to be covered. I don't recall anybody doing that.
Sure they did. I left the public service a year before the strike and got instructions on how to vote. Still get emails from them.
