tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post113078439061960404..comments2023-10-10T11:35:48.659-04:00Comments on Joan Tintor: In Praise of Crafty Bureaucrats at TEDCO and the CBCJoan Tintorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12310221026999893117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1130867834158360662005-11-01T12:57:00.000-05:002005-11-01T12:57:00.000-05:00Ah yes, the union's spin that they could not have ...Ah yes, the union's spin that they could not have staged a strike in October because their strike mandate expired on September 6.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately this rests on the assumption that, had a contract not been reached by September 6, the union would have allowed its strike mandate to expire and continued working and negotiating without a strike threat. Sorry, that's not plausible.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments, Joe. By the way, voting for you in the 1998 leadership was one of the biggest mistakes in my life!Joan Tintorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12310221026999893117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13900996.post-1130797651933692532005-10-31T17:27:00.000-05:002005-10-31T17:27:00.000-05:00Are you willing to defend Rabinovitch knowing, as ...Are you willing to defend Rabinovitch knowing, as he surely must have, that the union's strike mandate ended September 6 and they could not have carried out the strike he claims the lockout averted?<BR/><BR/>Just asking. Facts and all that.Joe Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135598657366579789noreply@blogger.com