1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,418 The Société des arrimeurs de Québec 2 00:00:01,418 --> 00:00:03,670 locked out the longshoreman of the Port of Quebec. 3 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:07,257 A lockout is when the employer refuses to have its employees work 4 00:00:07,257 --> 00:00:09,342 to force them to accept working conditions. 5 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:12,053 The 81 longshoremen are not off work by choice, 6 00:00:12,053 --> 00:00:13,263 they are forced to do so! 7 00:00:13,263 --> 00:00:15,265 In addition, unskilled strikebreakers 8 00:00:15,265 --> 00:00:17,934 were hired to do the work of longshoremen. 9 00:00:17,934 --> 00:00:19,853 Serious accidents could happen! 10 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,813 The Société des arrimeurs de Québec doesn't care! 11 00:00:21,813 --> 00:00:25,900 Longshoremen just want to work, without risking everyone's safety. 12 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:27,152 Is that too much to ask? 13 00:00:27,152 --> 00:00:29,904 This message is paid for by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.