Re: 75th Anniversary

[Reginald Smith <RESMIT01@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re: Winnipeg General Strike

It is really too bad that in many places labour laws drawn up to protect
workers really only work in principle and not in practice.

Here in Kentucky an employer still can terminate a worker for any reason
whatesoever.  I have an acquaintance who until recently was a supervisor at
a local healthcare company.  Due to budget problems she was instructed by her
superiors to tell her subordinates that they would not be paid for overtime
work done in performing critical medical tests.  When she questioned the
legality of such instructions they promptly found a reason to terminate
her employment without warning.

One would expect such behavior at a fast food restaurant, but this was
a hospital with professional staff.

Do our labour laws in Canada have more teeth than the laws down here?  I know
this situation could not have happened in BC.  HEU, HSA and the BC government
employees union would have shut the province down overnight.  Liberty and
justice for all?  I think not. ;-)

Reginald Smith
Lexington, Kentucky