Patty Hajdu: “If you’re afraid of what the future looks like, it gets really hard to commit to long-term collective agreements.”

“Ultimately, the government does not want to resolve the dispute for parties,” Hajdu said.

In terms of workers' rights, we're actually strengthening their rights," she told reporters.

In the past, if an employer was refusing to bargain or was removing things from previous offers or acting in a way that was not bargaining in good faith, the union members could talk about it, but they couldn't necessarily prove it,

In terms of workers’ rights, we’re actually strengthening their rights.