Sometimes the Russian Television network has some good stories. By good stories I mean, news articles that would never seen the light of day within the media disciplined airwaves of the U.S. According the the RT report, US workers are working harder for less and less every year, and funny, business has never been better (2008 being a notable exception).
Unfortunately, our Canadian government is behaving badly (surprise) when it comes to the recent labour disputes regarding Air Canada, and most likely Canada Post. In both cases, they cite the weak economy not being able to afford a strike…what nonsense… being legislated back to work by the conservatives is just a polite way of breaking down the collective bargaining process and stripping workers of their rights.
bleatmop
Mystro
The Arbourist
Dead Wild Roses 
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June 20, 2011 at 9:15 am
Bleatmop
I haven’t been paying close enough attention. Did the Air Canada employee’s get a binding arbitration out the deal at least?
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June 20, 2011 at 10:33 am
The Arbourist
It looks like they have the beginnings of a deal. Nothing great thanks to the Conservatives rushing to support Air Canada, as opposed to its workers.
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June 20, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Vern R. Kaine
I applaud the union for not wanting to disrupt passenger service,as well as their willingness to work out a deal. I believe there’s a lot of union contracts coming up that puts pressure on things, and I also question the ability to bring old-school pension plans into the new-school airline success model in any sort of viable way, though, so I think they’re delaying the inevitable.
I think the days of a flight attendant or gate agent being able to have a long, fulfilling airline career with a nice pension are no longer viable in the model now required to have a sustainable airline. I’d much rather see Air Canada go to an employee-owned model, especially if Canada’s skies are protected from competitors.
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