Liberale verteidigen ein Tritt, um Streit zwischen Air Canada und Flugbegleitern zu beenden
https://www.thestar.com/business/liberals-defend-stepping-in-to-end-dispute-between-air-canada-and-flight-attendants/article_009599bd-97bf-5cc6-b22e-738abf6090c8.html
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Any sort of back to work legislation should automatically trigger the unions last position as automatically enforceable.
back to work legislation should be something the corporation fears and does not want, not the government giving them whatever they want.
So the Liberals step in after 12 hours of a strike and call it “protecting the economy.” Let’s be real: this isn’t about stranded Canadians or wedding flights — it’s about Ottawa protecting Air Canada’s bottom line.
Binding arbitration sounds neutral, but in practice it strips workers of their only real leverage. CUPE members spent eight months negotiating, hit an impasse, exercised their Charter right to strike, and got told “Nope, sorry, go back to work, the economy might wobble.” Meanwhile, Air Canada execs are still pulling in multimillion-dollar bonuses while flight attendants fight for fair pay and humane hours.
Governments love to talk about “free collective bargaining” until a corporation starts losing money, then suddenly democracy gets overridden by Section 107. Funny how it never works the other way around — when workers are getting squeezed, no one rushes in with emergency powers to help them.
If you normalize this kind of intervention, you basically tell every federally regulated employer: “Don’t worry about bargaining fairly — if things get tough, Ottawa will bail you out.” And that’s exactly the message Patty Hajdu just sent.