As a self-appointed, volunteer spokesperson, for the elders and many other misled adults in B.C., I would like to thank The Morning Star, for publishing the letter to the editor from Stephanie Erickson on the subject of the ongoing teachers dispute with the B.C. government.
Erickson has dared to articulate a subject, which based on the general silence from the rank-and-file voters of this province, has once more labeled the majority of the spectators as, “confused and disinterested.” Unfortunately, not a new or undeserved label.
In our contemporary politically correct times it is self preservation for even the MLAs to not express an opinion on an issue which resembles the B. C. government trying to move the issue of collective bargaining back into the pre-industrial era of history when the worker’s rights depended upon the benevolence of the employer.
The workers had no rights apart from those generously bequeathed upon them by their employers, there was no legal recourse for wronged employees.
The employer could add or subtract whichever benefits or conditions suited their long-term strategy, but were not legally bound by any moral or otherwise existing agreements or caveats.
Thanks to general public ignorance of such matters, and the government’s open disrespect for legally negotiated conditions of labor contract negotiations, B.C. has nearly regressed, by more than 100 years.
Does that qualify the Liberal government’s long-term vision for this province as a Third World country? For those who do not understand this question and its long-term implications, it is time to demonstrate your citizenship and become usefully aware and involved.
Hopefully, there are more then a few Stephanie Erickson’s out there in the future voting population of this province so those who wish to rule and mange by obfuscation will not have long-lived political careers in the years to come.
Frank H. Lucianovich
Enderby
