Government passes back-to-work legislation

[Liberalman]

Is this thread about Air Canada or Canada Post?

Pretty disingenuous to provide a link that derides the present gvt for the Air Canada situation by pointing to an event that is long past.

With the Conservative government what ever worked in the past will work in the present the only difference between the post office and Air Canada is that the post office was in a rotating strikes when back to work legislation was enacted with Air Canada no one was on strike. The other difference was that the Conservative government invoked time limits, which meant the elimination of all the MPs in the opposition talking on the issue.

I am still thankful for this Conservative government it could be worst we could have a fascist government where we would not have any rights, where journalists could not ask the Prime Minister any question, where the MPs would have a muzzle and have to follow an approved script from the PMO any time they talked.

We have to be thankful for this Conservative government who have the voter's interests at heart.
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[TenPenny]

The only reason this action was taken was because it is March Break in Ontario.

 

[mentalfloss]

Air Canada walkout in Toronto delays flights
Air Canada workers vow walkout will last 72 hours

A wildcat strike by Air Canada ground crews and baggage handlers in Toronto delayed dozens of flights, causing major travel disruptions this morning.

The job action began Thursday evening and left hundreds of passengers in limbo after they had to disembark from several flights already on the tarmac and head back to the terminal.

A spokeswoman for the airline, Isabelle Arthur, said Friday morning that it would seek a back-to-work order. In the meantime, she said, "We’re putting in place a flexible rebooking policy, so customers can make changes without penalties."

She confirmed that the illegal job action by ramp employees was causing delays and cancellation.

"We are asking customers to check status of their flights."

Greater Toronto Airports Authority spokesman Scott Armstrong said the workers walked off the job shortly after 10 p.m. ET and held a demonstration "on the curb" at Terminal 1.

The CBC's Redmond Shannon reported from the airport that the walkout followed an incident involving Labour Minister Lisa Raitt, who had been applauded sarcastically by some Air Canada workers as she walked through the airport earlier in the evening.

At least three workers were then suspended by Air Canada, according to workers demonstrating outside the terminal, prompting the walkout. Workers at Pearson have told CBC News their job action will last for 72 hours, the length of the suspension.

More than 20 Air Canada flights scheduled to arrive from U.S. and Canadian cities were listed as delayed overnight and Friday morning, according to the Toronto Pearson International Airport website. .

Earlier in the morning, there were seven flight delays — to Canadian destinations St. John's, Edmonton, Calgary, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and internationally to Frankfurt, Germany.

The walkout showed no sign of abating early Friday, with dozens of ground workers gathered outside the arrivals deck of Terminal One. Many cheered as colleagues arriving for the day shift chose to join the protest.

The Toronto job action appeared to have spread to Montreal shortly after 7:30 p.m. ET.

A passenger on her way to Fort Lauderdale from Montreal told CBC News she was already seated on the plane Friday morning when all the passengers were told to get off.

“As soon as everyone was seated, they asked us to disembark and said that the ground crew was using pressure tactics and to wait at the gate for further instructions,” said Doris Juergens.

At Pearson on Thursday night, Boyd Richardson of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers told his members they had to get back to work.

"I have to say to you legally, I am representative of the IAM," he said. "You have to go back to work. There's people stranded on airplanes out there."

Air Canada workers vow walkout will last 72 hours - Canada - CBC News

 

[taxslave]

The government should have waited until after the NDP convention to bring in back to work legislation.The dipper response would have been interesting.
"Do I cross the picket line or fly with a non union airline?"

 

[Bar Sinister]

There are several problems with continually invoking back to work legislation. First it gives little incentive to either management or labour to negotiate in good faith. Second, it doesn't work as the number of pilots phoning in "sick" illustrate. Finally, collective bargaining is a democratic right. Continually denying workers the right to strike is more typical of a dictatorship than a democracy.

 

[damngrumpy]

So much for the right to free collective bargaining. I see a day coming when the Provincial and
Federal employees and in many cases the private sector will return to the old days of full head on
general strikes across the country.
the problem is simple really both sides must be given incentive to bargain. Government departments
and crown operations management can just sit there knowing the government will legislate the people
back to work and impose a contract. We have to ensure that both sides are motivated to bargain in
good faith. We always hear about the strikes, bad blood and confrontations but most Canadians are
not aware that most like eighty or ninety percent of all contract talks end in collective agreements.