The fair opens on Friday at Exhibition Place in Toronto, but it will be behind a picket line staffed by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Local 58, which has been locked out of the entertainment venue since July.
Friday, November 02, 2018
Unions urge teachers to avoid Royal Winter Fair amid lockout
The fair opens on Friday at Exhibition Place in Toronto, but it will be behind a picket line staffed by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), Local 58, which has been locked out of the entertainment venue since July.
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Unions supporting unions is a great way to operate and I’m glad to see it happening. I also appreciate that the groups that are using the space are being equally supportive of the strike. This can also be a great learning opportunity for students that are going to events such as the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair to also learn about unions, picketing, and fair labor laws in their community. While it’s unfortunate that these groups will potentially lose money such as the Canadian National Exhibition lost $1.5 million over the summer, it can be a helpful tool in forcing the Exhibition Place to step up their negotiation process with IATSE so that their vendors don’t start demanding lower rent and other payments to make up for those losses. I wish there had been some response from the teachers, especially if there are any teachers whose schools had already planned this trip before the strike. I look forward to seeing more information and how this plays out in the future.
This article revives some of my hope in administrative systems in the current U.S.. Union members are supporting union members even though their careers are completely separate. I worry about push back the teachers union may receive but it will be well worth it. I'm very pleased the teachers union encourages teachers to teach their students about proper picket line procedure. As more and more schools are worrying about teaching “neutral” politics without bias one way or the other, we risk not teaching students about respect for differing opinions and teaching human rights and human decency. A history teacher at my high school was slammed by Fox News for teaching “against the first amendment” when he wrote an essay to the history department in response to a call to allow all opinions to be voiced in the classroom regarding the 2016 election. He was worried about immigrant students not feeling welcome in his classroom due to allowing his students to spread the vicious stereotypes and rhetoric encouraged by Trump. Though the essay was more asking for a discussion on how to respect all students freedom of speech while not allowing any students to cause duress to others, many people all over the world were calling for him, the history department head and the principle to be fired. This marks a step in the right direction by encouraging teacher to teach about differing opinions even on as small a scale as workers rights and unions.
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