Outgoing IWA president Dave Haggard may be gone — to a new life as a former-New-Democrat-turned-defeated-Liberal-candidate — but he’s not forgotten.
That’s because he very kindly left his members a present: a mediated settlement in November’s forestry strike.
It’s, er, not going to be very popular. (New IWA contract ‘pretty disappointing,’ says union)
But it could have been worse. It could have been one of those contracts the IWA negotiated after raiding HEU locals in privatized workplaces, where a housekeeper’s wage was dropped from $18.32 an hour to $9.50.
No doubt they’ll remember Mr. Haggard just as fondly.
