Despite of the fact that Vale and Centennial College belong to different sectors (private and public), more differences come up when considering the industries, mining and education respectively.
On the other hand, Vale and Centennial College are important companies and comparing them is definitely a moment for reflection for so many reasons, which leads us to consider how business deals with its employees and how the relationship is not only set, but also led.
Even though, Vale is a private company and Centennial College a public one, they both are very profitable and due to all the economical scenario, they both are getting more and more profitable. To illustrate this, we have the number previously presented related to Vale and also to
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This may not be a problem, but it may imply in how management happens and also the relationship established. For instance, when considering the management styles, Vale is focused on a management style which allows running the business as a global company, while Centennial College has a board of directors who have bi-annual meetings to decide the company´s goals.
When considering the union, it is interesting how power is on management´s side as mentioned before. Any decision related to layoffs, hiring, downsizing, among others, belong to Vale and Centennial College.
Having said that, we can mention the strike in both cases and its differences and similarities. We could say that both strikes took longer than expected, Vale (one year) and Centennial College (5 weeks), even though we can not compare both realities and
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Vale tried to sustain in its defense that the company was not doing anything wrong and the problems were pretty much related to having an international company operating and being successful in Canada.
By the end of the whole process, it was possible to verify that the procedures adopted by Vale were “not conventional”.
Controversially, when analyzing the strike at Centennial College and all the Colleges in Ontario, last October, the main point is that the fight was not about money and it never was.
Faculty has been fighting for equal rights, especially when 80% of the faculty works under contracts, without any kind of benefits and this is a very crucial issue, once the claim is related to guaranteeing equal conditions of work. Unfortunately, in the case of the Colleges in Ontario, faculty have returned to work, according to the law, but the complaints have not been solved