>The Toronto Star September 19, 1997 > >HARRIS BOWS TO PRESSURE FROM UNIONS > >"The Ontario Federation of Labour has assured >us that the retention of the right to strike would >not jeopardize public service or create instability." > > -- Labour Minister Elizabeth Witmer > I pulled this from my files: Vancouver Sun, March 7, 1996: It wasn't lost on government watchers that the Harris government repealed or amended all kinds of NDP labor laws but did not remove the OPSEU's right to strike. "They must have wanted it there, not because they have any great sympathy for unions, but because they were looking for a strike," White [U of Toronto Poli Sci Prof] said. Regards, Dave
