Lakeside?

[cowman]

I caught a little blurb on the news that a strike is pretty well a given at Lakeside? The guy being quoted said the cops are gearing up for it as it looks like it could get pretty violent! Reading into that I suspect Tyson intends to try to bring in replacement workers to operate the plant? Now I wonder where they are going to get replacement workers?
All this over 30 cents an hour difference? The same deal both Cargill and XL signed with their workers? What kind of game is Tyson playing?
Obviously Tyson does not want to deal with a union and intends to get rid of them no matter what the cost.
Now that is their right, but should the rest of us be held hostage because of their ideology? Should the Canadian taxpayer be held accountable for the extra policing costs because they choose to not pay 30 cents an hour?
Somewhere down the line Tyson should be held accountable for their actions whether it be a boycott of their products or producers refusing to sell them cattle. They shouldn't be allowed to disrupt a whole industry for a sleazy ideology and greed.

[cowman]

RCMP are bringing in members from across the province to assist in keeping things under control at Lakeside. If major oil industries aren't able to attract workers it is going to be interesting to see where Tyson will get them from.
The province has been involved in some sort of mediation but obviously it hasn't worked.

[Horse]

What is the payscale for tyson ? I havent seen any$ amounts on the strike situation but if you are right about 30 cents then it does seen stupid.
Hell why strike just go get another higher paying job? Didnt I hear that on here somewhere?

[Horse]

I guess the main problem with Lakeside workers getting another job is that most of them are immigrants that likely don't have skill sets that would lend themselves to work in the oil industry.
30 cents does seem pretty petty, however, there may be an issue with benefits as well.

[Horse]

it is to bad thinks at lakeside is going
this way !this large us plant has made milliuns of dollars on our canadian beef while the r-calf closed the border on us.
we have toured the plant inside well i tell you no white men or women is going to work there .
at twelfe dollar per hour no wonder we need the r-c-m-p to come in next week.our canadian taxpayer has to cover these giant corporate non union
plants
our fat cattle will be down again this week.
at cargill we don,t have thes problems !

[Horse]

jerryk is twelve dollars an hour the base rate at Lakeside ? Seems pretty low given the type of work involved. Local 7-11 is paying $18.00 an hour for the night shift !!!

[Rodjam]

I am not a big fan of unions but large companies like this sure make it easier to side with them. If Walmart can shut out the unions I guess Tyson can try as well.

[Rodjam]

I read yesterday that a large group of Lakeside workers are breaking away from the union in hopes of averting a strike.
Maybe someone else reading this site can remember when Gainers ( ??) had a huge strike in Edmonton not that many years ago. I can't remember all the details but I do remember watching on TV when busses full of replacement workers were trying to get through the picket lines.

[murgen]

The Gainers strike? Isn't that when they ended up shutting the plant and moved everything to Winnipeg, or was it the other way around? I believe the whole time during the strike, the Union was negotiating, with the company, and knew what was going to happen, but never did tell their members!

[murgen]

I asked a few people at work today about the Gainers strike, it was Peter Polkington that owned Gainers at the time and there was considerable violence when replacement workers went across the picket lines. Latest report is that the Army may have to go in if things get rough in Brooks tomorrow morning.