Hardball

As the three-year collective agreement negotiated in 1972 was drawing to a close in 1974, after an illegal strike that had almost brought the Port of Montreal to its knees and resulted in the buy-out of some nine hundred dockworkers in the three St Lawrence River ports, the MEA was left with a debt...

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Published inWaterfront Blues p. 227
Main Authors Alexander C. Pathy, Marianne Dufour, Curtis Fahey
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Toronto Press 02.02.2004
Subjects
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Agronomy
Alternative dispute resolution
Applied sciences
Arbitration
Biological sciences
Business
Business administration
Civil engineering
Civil law
Civil remedies
Crops
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employee compensation
Employment
Engineering
Field crops
Food crops
Government intervention
Grains
Harbors
Human resources
Job security
Labor economics
Law
Marine engineering
Marine structures
National politics
Occupations
Political organizations
Political parties
Political science
Politics
Ports
River ports
Stevedores
Technical personnel
Transport workers
Wage adjustments
Wage increases
Wages
Waterfronts
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Summary:As the three-year collective agreement negotiated in 1972 was drawing to a close in 1974, after an illegal strike that had almost brought the Port of Montreal to its knees and resulted in the buy-out of some nine hundred dockworkers in the three St Lawrence River ports, the MEA was left with a debt approaching $17 million of which $5 million was owed the government. Although Del Taylor had told Masters, on two occasions in 1974, that the NHBʼs financial involvement was conditional upon the MEAʼs commitment never again to agree to the type of job-security plan currently in effect,
ISBN:9780802089809
0802089801
DOI:10.3138/9781442683259.17