”The BCMEA group continues to make billions while the hard workers get peanuts. (ILWU Canada President) Rob Ashton sold us out,” one longshore worker told the WSWS.
The secrecy at the bargaining table is a problem all over the world. Workers are often kept in the dark during bargaining agreements and that makes people suspect that the union officials that are supposed to be leading the fight and the rank-and-file workers have very different goals. A lot of people are calling for the formation of rank-and-file committees to keep the union officials in line, and transparency measures like live-streaming the agreements so workers know what’s up.
The secrecy at the bargaining table is a problem all over the world. Workers are often kept in the dark during bargaining agreements and that makes people suspect that the union officials that are supposed to be leading the fight and the rank-and-file workers have very different goals. A lot of people are calling for the formation of rank-and-file committees to keep the union officials in line, and transparency measures like live-streaming the agreements so workers know what’s up.