Yesterday’s wildcat strike by health care workers is over, but the conditions that created it remain. Just read the statements made by UCP finance Minister Toews. He says there will be no layoffs — while confirming there will be layoffs. 1/n #AbLeg #abpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
He then goes on to blame the workers for putting patients at risk — when it is the UCP government itself that is putting patients at risk by implementing a radical restructuring of the health care systems in the midst of a surging pandemic. 2/n #AbLeg #abpoli
And he says that workers must obey labour laws — when the UCP tramples on all the laws, norms & traditions that surround Canadian labour law every day. They have zero respect for the collective bargaining process, believing they should simply be able to impose their will. 3/n
The bottom line is that the UCP has learned nothing from this spontaneous outpouring of frustration and despair from the frontline workers who keep our health care system working. Instead, they continue to swagger, bully and intimidate instead of listening and negotiating. 4/n
What this means is that yesterday’s wildcat will not be the end of the battle against the UCP and its destructive agenda, but rather just the beginning. 5/n
The UCP has managed to put a lid on a pot set boiling by their actions — but they haven’t turned down the heat, so it’s just a matter of time before it boils over again. 6/n
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