Die kanadische Regierung ordnet Schiedsverfahren über Air Canada Streik an.

Unions mean nothing in Canada because of binding arbitration orders

Air Canada has handled this horribly.

What’s the point in having the right to collective bargaining if the companies can just refuse to make any concessions and then complain to the government?

99.7% of workers voted to strike, it doesn’t really get any more collective than that.

A strike like this shows workers are done carrying the weight while executives cash in from the top.

What is stopping the workforce from collectively saying « no »? Also, they make it sound like if you don’t fly with air Canada you can’t fly anywhere. Just book your flight through one of the other carriers…? I hope the employees get what they deserve. Solidarity!

Feels like It all was pre-planned by the company and the government. No wonder AC were not interested in serious negotiations and walked off the table on any little excuse. What a shame!

Man this sucks for them. Maybe they should all quit en Massé. Then the airline can’t operate at all.

Air Canada, literally making AA look good 🤣. That’s how much of a joke it is

Easy way for this bullshit practice to end is for an Arbitrator to award a very favorable contract to the employees. Watch all the big corps finally start negotiating before government intervention after that.

No surprise here. Socialism for the rich, „arbitration“ for the poor.

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Oh wow, the conservative government(in all but name), is forcing union breaking bullshit? I am shocked…. Shocked I say 😂

If it gets to arbitration it should automatically, disproportionately benefit the union.

Something I’m trying to process here: if the crew got a raise, AC would pass that cost to the customer, right?

Let’s make some easy-number assumptions. A 5-hour flight, with 200 passengers and 5 flight attendants. Let’s just say they receive a $20/hr raise. Hell, let’s pay them $20/hr for an hour before and after the flight (they’re working aren’t they?). $20x7x5, so crew costs increase by $700 for this flight. Share that cost across 200 passengers, their ticket price goes up by $3.50?

We’re talking about the price of a coffee per passenger? I’m certain that I’m over-simplifying, but if we blow this way out, let’s say the ticket price goes up by $20 per passenger. Shouldn’t that equate to $800 *per attendant* in available funds?

I realize there are a lot of assumptions here, but I just can’t understand how customer costs can’t cover a reasonable increase in pay here.

Carney is a neo-liberal economist. This totally tracks and Im really upset he’s decided to dig us in as a resource based economy, like I get it, but I wanted us to move towards a more specialized, industrial and techonological economy. With the brains draining from the US we could totally pick off top flight talent. We have all the resources to make it happen but lack the ambition and foresight. Fucking sucks man.

Truckers: this is your first time?

I could have sworn that the title read “Canadian Air Strike” and I got *really* worried.

Canada wont even let people go on strike??