Your grasp of history is fearsome, Anonymous, and I understand your point a lot better now. My apologies for any mistakes in my attempt to paraphrase it for those who don't click to read your comment: The gist of what Anonymous is saying is that hard-line anti-unionists like Nixon and Reagan only encouraged union leaders to adopt more hard-line perspectives and tactics in response, making it more difficult to reach a timely and satisfactory compromise.
All true, I'm sure. But regardless of who was the chicken and who was the egg, can we also agree that some responsibility must fall on labour leaders themselves? They might not be as famous or as politically polarizing - we might have a harder time remembering their names - but they have also learned to be obstinate, often to the detriment of the public and their own members.
Also, the politicians Anonymous refers to are American. How have Canadian unions, such as the TTC's evolved to become such hardliners?
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