Escalation

So the Terry Fox event in Newfoundland is cancelled, management's press release , which the media seem to be ignoring so far, alleges that

It has become clear that the CMG would require children participating in the events on Signal Hill to cross a picket line.

In fact it was adults - technicians hired to do the event, that wouldn't cross the line. No one had any intention of interfering with the event itself, only it's broadcast. There are children in and around the Toronto picket lines on a regular basis and as far as I know, none of them are scarred for life. There was never any intention to do anything but stand aside as the children came through and CBC Management is well aware of this. If people actually pick up this press release and do anything with it, they may win a short term pr victory, but as I've said before Sun Tzu they aint.

At the same time CBC Management whines about slow progress, they escalate the battle of words. It is apparently now fair game to, essentially, lie to score points. So, if the guild now turns around and says that Management's sole purpose in locking the doors was to try to starve the children of CBC employees, and cost people their mortgages, that would, according to management's new rules, be fair game. What a truly shrewd way to expedite negotiations. Apparently when CBC News covered the Daulton McGuinty 'evil reptilian kitten eater' fiasco Management wasn't watching.

Sorry for the rant. In happier news, Michael Moore has weighed in.