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Air Canada says government should be ready to prevent pilots from striking (www.ctvnews.ca)
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/air-canada-labour-dispute-1.7321527

Obligatory fuck the CEOs and Shareholders

"We are bargaining. We are committed to reaching a deal. But we are saying that if that fails, the government should be ready to intervene and avoid the disruption," - Christophe Hennebelle (Air Canada’s vice-president of corporate communications)

this is not what a company that's negotiating in good faith does

NDP won't support interference

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday morning the party would not support efforts to force pilots back to work.

"We're going to send a clear message again that we are opposed to Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, or any government, interfering with workers," said Singh.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Fun fact, if you can't strike you don't have unions.

[–] northmaple1984@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, you can quit though, which would have a similar effect if the labour market wasn't being fucked with low-cost labour.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I mean, if you're going with the libertarian logic, we don't need unions, but there's also no such thing as "low-cost labour". People get paid what they're worth to employers.

If you want wages higher than that, you need collective bargaining.