Rainy day complicates commuter woes
A rainy morning has made commuting more unpleasant as the transit strike continues.
The STM has given out more precise information on metro operating times, some confusion having been created about the windows for metro operation.
Some media are laying heavy stress on the difficulty for users in general. It’s as if they don’t grasp that part of the point here is for dissatisfied passengers to put pressure on the government to devote more funds to public transit.
jeather 09:52 on 2025-06-10 Permalink
Yeah I saw this complaint on reddit, essentially saying that the STM changed how it described metro hours just for the strike. A very clear infographic from La Presse.
Chris 09:55 on 2025-06-10 Permalink
Or perhaps the people will put pressure on the government to force them back to work. It can cut both ways.
Ian 10:35 on 2025-06-10 Permalink
Perhaps the point of a strike is to cause inconvenience, pointing how how important labour relations are.
Regardless, with Bill 89 the government can simply give a back to work order if people seem inconvenienced. Granted that is strikebreaking and will definitely be challe ged, but more importantly, you can’t “force” people back to work, this isn’t North Korea. Government can only declare a strike illegal.
roberto 15:29 on 2025-06-10 Permalink
Participating in an `illegal strike` may constitute just cause for termination of employment. The union, and it`s executive memebers, can also face exhorbant fines.
Ian 17:57 on 2025-06-10 Permalink
We have things like weekends, the 40 hour work week, and child labour laws because of illegal strikes.
In some cases, they even bring down governments.
Chris 18:26 on 2025-06-10 Permalink
Well if you want to be that pedantic Ian, they can’t force you in North Korea either, they can kill you if you refuse, but they can’t actually make your neurons fire and do work.
Ian 19:20 on 2025-06-10 Permalink
Oh you got me there, hoo boy.
I stand by what I said, nobody gets “forced back to work”, they get threatened with losing their jobs. If you don’t see the importance in that distinction, well …
I’m sensing a bit of bias here against organized labour. If not strikes or other “traditional” organized labour actions, what would those of you who are opposed to inconvenience suggest?