I think the BC Liberal government has made a HUGE mistake in how they are playing the strike. The standard line from them (and from their supporters) is "The fault's with the big, bad union, not with the nurses/teachers/ferryworkers/whoever." The Court has taken the BCTF out of the picture: it can't distribute strike pay, use its offices, its emails, etc. Now it's the big, bad GOVERNMENT against the poor teachers, and this will make it all but impossible to get public support. By legislating the teachers back even before they had gone out, they used up every tool in the toolbox. If teachers now refuse to go back without a repeal of Bill 12 (which ordered them back and extended the contract), the government can do nothing more, except maybe send the union leaders to jail. And can you imagine that as a media event - with bands playing, banners waving and thousands behind them in a March of Honour?

Way to go, teachers! You make me proud to be a BC'er!