While the pro-war, pro-austerity Liberal Trudeau government is doubling down on its hardline stance in opposition to the strikers’ demands, workers on the picket line are more determined than ever to continue and broaden their fight.
The walkout by hundreds of UIC faculty is part of a growing movement of the working class internationally against an escalating cost-of-living crisis and massive social inequality.
Management took the vindictive action after around 100 workers at the facility staged a protest in a management office and demanded to be sent home with pay because of unsafe conditions.
The statement amounts to giving the UAW its marching orders to shut down the strike and enforce the contract, which workers everywhere must mobilize to prevent.