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Labour, public service experts say support for strike not guaranteed, but enough to spur feds into action

A union’s power is 'based on its capacity to withhold labour and to disrupt the normal operations,' says McGill professor Barry Eidlin. But former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick says the mechanics of striking in the new world of hybrid work is 'unexplored.'

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