So the Telus strike continues, it would be funny if it wasn't so... well, y'know. Everyone seems a little stunned from the union employees vote to reject the Telus offer (which was basically the same deal they had before) and of course the finger pointing began shortly after. The union blames Telus, Telus blames the Union, BC employees blame Alberta employees, striking workers blame the picket crossers... picket crossers are probably trying hard to avoid the whole situation. The circle of blame complete it is back to the bargaining table, now the question is who is in a better bargaining position now? Telus who openly declared that they could go on indefinitely or the Union who agreed to the contract and is running out of strike funds. I wonder how tempting it would be for the negotiator to just resubmit the old proposal and hope it is taken a bit more seriously this time. At this point I'm sure everybody involved just wants to get the whole thing over with and start the wonderful stress that is the Christmas holidays. If I had the energy this would be the perfect time to rant about the pressure of holidays overtaking any real significance they once had... but that is for another time (pretty soon hopefully).