Tl;Dr: Labour talks fall apart. Business owners turn to government saying “please force them back, look at how much money they bring in”.
Well shit man, if it was me and they were bringing in that much money, seems like you’d be more willing to negotiate. There was no claims of unreasonable demands in the article, which makes me think they werent crazy
It’s amazing, how collective action is perfectly fine if you’re rich and/or a corporation, but if the serfs try it, it’s somehow criminal.
It frustrates me when politicians get involved in labour disputes. If companies aren’t willing to give up a fraction of their profits to keep workers happy, then they don’t deserve to be in business. “Free market” and “competition”, etc. If they won’t do it, then close the company and let someone else do it.
The fact that there are profits at all are because of workers. Governments should be representing working taxpayers, and willing to cancel permits and contracts to ensure that the work gets done if a business can’t get their shit together.
100% agreed, and the union has good reason to be wary of this government.
I get that the Chamber of Commerce is a political organization for business advocacy, but they always seems to forget that labour action is part of “market forces in a free society” which they usually would claim to champion. Instead they try to whisk it away through legislation.
