There is no doubt that in a situation such as the one we described earlier, whether it is a lack of balance in the bargaining and that in fact there are really no negotiations going on—a feeling of exasperation sets in. That is when things become desperate.
If the company had decided to organize a war, rather than a round of bargaining, and if it had been organized and structured so that employers would come into work and perform their duties day after day... Without bargaining, well I can tell you that a year is a very long time for people with families who lose their homes, for those who have tremendous financial difficulties, for those who declare bankruptcy, for those who become ill and for those who have all sorts of other things happen to them.
Violence breaks out when people on picket lines have lost hope. It is not organized, people do not set out to be violent. They do desperate things because they simply cannot take it anymore. There is no doubt that these conditions give rise to this type of situation. There comes a time when things get out of hand. People must be given hope that something will happen, that some day an agreement will be reached. I think violence happens once despair sets in.
It all comes back to the idea of balance. There must be balance so that the parties can dialogue intelligently and build a climate of trust, as we said earlier today. Without trust, no agreement is possible.