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Richard Rosenthal

Labour Day Parade

Posted August 28, 2009 @ 9:50AM

It is unfortunate that the Labour Council has chosen to exclude the Mayor and Council from the Labour Day Parade because they don't like the way the dispute with CUPE was handled.
I believe this is a serious error on their part as the Mayor and Council were doing their jobs representing all the residents of Windsor. It is clear that they had a significant level of support (over two thirds by any poll I saw) from the taxpayers.
Labour disputes are rarely pleasant but when its over the task of all parties is to learn to live with the result and mend any fences inadvertently damaged. Some union members carried on in an unprofessional manner but that has not turned us against unions or given us any reason to exclude them from community activities.
The unions in Windsor have historically been strong supporters of charities and stood up for the "little guy". This has earned them a great deal of respect but I think this latest move is going to demonstrate a level of parochialism that may diminish that respect.
The Labour Day Parade belongs to the unions and they may choose as they have but I believe it is an error to snub the leaders of our City whether one agrees with them or not.

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