Out of 400 local sections in Quebec, over 200 have fewer than 25 members. But I have not yet seen any local section devoted to the goal of bringing their members to the point of going on strike. Their goal, rather, is to maintain harmonious working relations with the employer.
The people from Videotron were in partnership with their employer. They had developed their working relationship to the point of including the development of occupational health and safety measures, working on evenings and weekends, and even looking at market development.
So what happened? All it took was the replacement of one CEO for labour relations to go back to what they were. In our view, those are the situations in which we need anti-strikebreakers legislation.
When it comes to small employers, let's stop seeing boogie men where there aren't any.