“Now, when we’re at the bargaining table with an obstinate employer, the Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation.”
CUPE came to the table with data-driven and reasonable proposals for a fair cost-of-living wage increase and an end to forced unpaid labour. Air Canada responded by sandbagging the negotiations. The Liberal government is rewarding Air Canada’s refusal to negotiate fairly by giving them exactly what they wanted.
This sets a terrible precedent. Contrary to the Minister’s remarks, this will not ensure labour peace at Air Canada. This will only ensure that the unresolved issues will continue to worsen by kicking them down the road. Nor will it ensure labour peace in this industry — because unpaid work is an unfair practice that pervades nearly the entire airline sector, and will continue to arise in negotiations between flight attendants and other carriers.
Why don’t these return to works force companies to take the workers offer?
Seems it would be used less then.
Because the Liberal government is on the side of capital, not the side of workers.
The workers aren’t the ones
bribinglobbying the politiciansI’ve thought a better idea would be to significantly fine the entire C-suite and board of directors personally for every day a back to work order is in effect. Or, if it’s a government entity, crown Corp, or similar, the executive level should be fired as a condition of the back to work order. As much as your idea would be good, it would be better if there wasn’t an incentive (real or perceived) for either side to negotiate in bad faith.
Because corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders to maximize profits.
Do they, though? People often say this, and it’s typically a complete lie. Is there a law that actually states this simply and clearly?
But even if it were true, maximizing profits is not guaranteed. Any reasonable policy decision could potentially raise or lower profits, especially if you consider the medium run or the long run. After all, giving the union what they want could lead to better customer service and therefore happier and increased numbers of customers, and therefore increased profits.
Sure ok, I know nothing and you are all knowing. You win the internet today.
Can’t put one on you at all. Genius I say, genius.
Fucking leeches.
A worker friendly government would amend the labour code to close whatever loophole allows for unpaid labour. Unions shouldn’t even have to spend resources fighting such an obviously unfair practice.
If only we had such a thing.
Union announced today that they are not going back. The return to work order only works if the union caves. US airtraffic controls need to take notice. The Canadian people realize they are the government, so they don’t need to follow the unconstitutional orders.
Liberals against striking workers? shocked…shocked I tells ya.
I do remember Justin Trudeau telling my employer to go pound sand a few years ago when my employer did the same thing.
Although the next time it happened(this year) they put us in binding arbitration right away.
Maybe we need a general strike for a week in this country?
Maybe that would pump the brakes on this fascism shit?
Who wants to try?
Liberals are not the left.
Question for those south of you. What are the political leanings of the group you label as “Liberals”?
Left of American Democrats. But not as far left as the New Democratic Party.
Wow and they still were against striking? Shit….
To be fair, the Canadian Conservative party is closer to American Democrats than the GOP.
I think this used to be true but not under PP’s rule. He’s pulling the CPC towards MAGA :(
Let me rephrase that. Is there a party that would have been supportive of them striking?
NDP, Bloc Quebecois, and Greens would probably all support striking.
And obviously the cpc - communist party of Canada, but I imagine that’s the case everywhere
Liberals have always been against striking. No matter what country they’re in.
Their “Free Market” excludes the freedom of the providers of work getting together and refusing to sell their work for too low a price.
(Neo)Liberalism was always a massive scam even in terms of the very ideology they claim to represent.
