Originally posted by bucket
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No, instead of outlawing strikes or adding more socialism, the government should simply pass a law that for any essential service or for any service for which there is not competition, instead of allowing a strike, any and all negotiation that cannot be settled between parties goes immediately to a jury process whereby both parties present their case before an impartial jury of Canadians chosen at random and who have the binding power to impose the last offer by either party on the other. For example, if a company is offering 1% raise over 2 years and the union is seeking 5% raise over 3 years then each present the reasons for these last offers to the jury and by majority the jury chooses either the 1% over 2 years or 5% over 3 amount and that becomes binding on both parties for the term of the contract. There is no compromise, it is either/or as determined by a jury
There is no arbitration, no strike, no lockouts after regular negotiation has failed. The party that made the most reasonable offer in the view of average Canadians will have "won."
This would stop outlandish demands in the first place and make it more likely that negotiations would result in contracts as no side would want to publicly loss in the negotiation or jury awarded contract.
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