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Clarity

by Paul Wells on Saturday, June 20, 2009 5:12pm - 15 Comments

Globe editorial employees vote 97% for a mandate to strike.

Tags: Globe and Mail, yikes

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http://intensedebate.com/people/madeyoulook madeyoulook

Secret ballot? Or show-of-hands-if-you-know-what's-good-for-you?

http://intensedebate.com/people/SisyphusThis SisyphusThis

I'm so proud of the restraint I'm showing.

Dot

Yeah, but its boring. Let loose with the Pete Seeger stuff, I say.

http://intensedebate.com/people/SisyphusThis SisyphusThis

Oh, Dot. Even Billy Bragg is old these days. But, then, so am I.

Dot

OK, well, in a Pete Seeger realated link, then, a more localized version (even singles out N.S.) of an inspiring song.

Turn the hearing aid to 11 for full effect:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni5wpuRD4qA&fe…
Mulletaur

Huh. If you're going there, I'm going here .
Dot

Not an Academy winner like yours, but of same vintage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHEeEI4vy0g
Mulletaur

OMG, what a sexy 60's cutie ! That was so much fun ! No wonder some want to give us anglos the shove ;->
Dot

btw, as an aside – same person did the HNIC theme song

Anon

Jane Taber.

On the picket line?

Not. Hot. At. All.
Mulletaur

Who is their union leader, Arthur Scargill ?
Dot

If they were smart they'd run off the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union and bring in the CAW.

The Buzz on Bay Street…
http://intensedebate.com/people/madeyoulook madeyoulook

Never mind the noise from the silly zone, friends. Let me ask again. Was this a secret ballot?

Dot

Duh. This is a newspaper.

hosertohoosier

Union president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad thanked supporters for giving such overwhelming support for his proposal.

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