96 signal operators with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) will walk off the job at midnight on Tuesday, Apr. 19. These workers operate and maintain the complicated system …
    • SocialistActionCan [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yes, it absolutely might be but not because there are no signal operators. The 'public corporation' Metrolinx owns this rail corridor, and they are replacing the skilled workers with management. We saw how well that worked with the John Deere strike.

      • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        and they are replacing the skilled workers with management.

        :porky-happy: we may cause a train to derail and kill a bunch of people, but think of what would happen if we payed those damned workers a tiny bit more!