Canadian miners pushed to limit by 'scabs'

Thousands rally against use of replacement workers as strike enters ninth month with Brazil's Vale.

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[milldabeast519]

STEVE BALL- look at this fuckn yuppy in loafers , hoop ur forehead u crook! oyea make sure u get his mansion in the background , dont worry workers im still living in my giant fuckn house ill even have in the background for the interview! hahahahh whata fuckn yuppy

[milldabeast519]

STEVE BALL- look at this fuckn yuppy in loafers , hoop ur forehead u crook!

[ulty777]

Is there an update to this?

[JohnR22926]

Unions are great at expanding wages/benefits for their members in the short run. However, over time, they leech so much capital out of their host that they run it into bankruptcy. The US' manufacturing base has moved oversees because our insanely high union wages/benefits CANNOT compete with hard-working Chinese and Indian who are willing to work for a fraction of our wages. If you want to live better today, increase union power. If you want your kids to live better tomorrow, ban all unions.

[JohnR22926]

@JixMa The minute you quote Michael Moore as an expert, the validity of any argument you want to make is reduced to zero. Moore describes himself as a polemecist; this is a person who pitches a point of view and makes no effort at objectivity or balance. In other words, Moore is an ideologue; he twists data to fit his worldview, ignores contrary data, and deliberately misleads his audience. BTW, last I saw, the Dems were 100% onboard with socializing the losses.

[Schniddo]

Except corporatism, fascism, Nazism and even the USSR were based on severely limiting the power of trade unions. Free ride? Slackers? You obviously have an axe to geind and it seems to me he only one being childish is you.

[simontimon2]

Michael Moore was for the bail out.

[somesudburyguy]

Love Leo in the background taking notes.... typical cult-bully mentality. How do all you stikers feel now after fat old Leo promised you a one month strike ? Nice leader you picked. What a despicible bunch of clowns and childish, uneducatd morons. A bunch of slackers that have had a free ride for way to long. Reminds of a Nazi propaganda session. No one has enough brains or balls to voice their real opinion. Union freaks.

[DubWoodcock]

Please watch the real news previous coverage on this topic (posted july/august last year) to understand the situation better. It gives more detail about the mining company vale inco and its busniess around the globe. A big help in forming my opinion on this topic.

[denmanistan]

@sanchosteve : ok, so why don't you read a bit about the effect of unionized wages on non unionized wages and report back with a reference that counters my assertion. I'll bet you cannot find one. It is clear from your original post that you have not studied or read about the relationship of unionized on non-unionized wages.