The More Things Change?

So CMG and the CBC are back at that table. Hopefully this is a good sign, but they were at the table for 15 months before the lockout without getting a deal done so I think the appropriate reaction is something like 'guarded optomism'. At the same time this announcement was being made people began receiving a package from Management outlining their position. Somehow I don't think that a slick, expensive printed version of the Management Web Site is going to sell anyone on anything and in keeping with upper Managment's run of bad ideas, bad timing, and general bad timing Locked Out Employee 100000223 has obtained some internal Managment emails that do not paint a pretty picture.

However, there should be no other managers or other non-CMG staff visiting the line, nor should there be any attempts to "improve the mood" on the line, by providing food or drink, for example. It's very important, if there is a lock-out, that we bring a quick resolution to the work stoppage. A quick resolution will be helped by picketers focussing on the reality of their situation. Making things more comfortable for the picketers does not support this goal.

So, all and all, has anything really changed? Yes, today it's raining.