I think that, as April and jeff did no wrong and did not initiate this course of legal attack, and because the union lost the case, that the union was using the court system to bear down on their members, This is not what courts are for. The punishment for bringing legal action when their lawyers told the union bosses that their action was illegal should be that the union pays all costs.

New subject: In Alberta the union that covers aall civil servants is showing fairly lengthy ads on TV that merely say what good fellows they are. (I think this might be pre advertising for a strike. ) I see no reason why union dues should be spent on such a frivolous way. Why not lower their dues if they have so much money. I think that if I were a hospital employee, a secretary etc. I would complain. Check it out - Channel 3 Calgary about 7 p.m. just after the news.

If workers’ take the benefits a Union has bargained and fought for they should strike when a strike is called. They can protest by not picketing but should never take the selfish attitude to cut their own workers throats by scabbing. When the strike is over they will be entitled to all that the union and strikers fought for so let them hang their heads in shame for going against their fellow workers.
If their reason is monetery, I see a lot of help wanted signs at fast food outlets where they can fill in until they go back to their regular jobs.

That is all I have to say.

This is not difficult. If you take a job you don’t then go to the employer and say you like this part but you are not doing that part. No, you do the whole job or leave.
When you join a union likewise you take the whole package, better benefits and wages and occasional strike or leave. You can’t say I like the better wages and benefits part but I won’t fight for it when push comes to shove.

When you join a union or an army you have to be bright enough to know that you will occasionally be required to fight.

Although I do sympathise with the situation I am afraid I would not support this cause. People know ahead of time when they join a union environment. They want someone else to fight their battles; when it does not work out and unions are not about rational behaviour, they are upset. Unions are in play for the betterment of the unions, not the workers they represent; workers are simply a conduit of funds to the union power bosses and their hierarchy.
Unions will only be sent a message when people choose NOT to pay dues. It is that simple.
Cheers, John Connor

Steve - your comments don’t make any sense. Workers join a company - not a Union. Normally, the company workers collectively have the ability to have their Union boss de-certified or changed if it gets out of hand. In the case of Governments, this right of de-certification has been legislated away.

One of the few legal rights that employees subjected to forced unionism still have is to opt for working during a strike. Instead of acknowledging this legal right, some Unions are using the members own forced fees to intimidate them with pointless court action. This is blatant bullying and abuse which should not be tolerated!

Illegaly demanding money under the threat of harm is called extortion, as far as I understand the law. CUPE represents the federal employes and if they are responsible for demanding a “fine” payment, then they should be charged under raketeering or extortion section of the criminal code.

With the way Harper is spending billions before the election is called, does that fit the philosophy of the NCC?
The NCC complains about Big Unions spending members money as they see fit; what is the difference when I am forced to pay taxes and Harper use the money to buy votes?