PHOTOS: Locked out postal workers in a past dispute in Halifax (HalifaxMediaCoop.ca photo). Below: St. Albert resident’s illegal “Restore door to door” sign (CBC photo), Controversial Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra, CUPW President Mike Palecek, an…
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Politics, Re-Spun: Profits Before People: Richmond Ikea Lockout Enters Day 17
Generating enough media spin to rival a jet engine at take off, the management and PR folks at Ikea Canada want you to believe that their poor little corporation is being held hostage by greedy, soulless union workers in Richmond. Woe. Pity poor Ikea. It’s tough being a multi-national
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Reasons I hate hockey
Aesthetics. What is beautiful? What defines beauty, quality and goodness? What distinguishes different levels of quality? For example, why are Oasis’ Wonderwall or Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit iconic songs of an era, whereas Swirl 360′s Hey Now Now fell out of our collective consciousness in months? These questions teeter
Continue readingTrashy's World: So the billionaires and millionaires…
…at the NHL and NHLPA have figured out how to the split the billions and millions. And it took these bozos months to come to an agreement. Months of no work for thousands of people who don’t make billions or millions and who relied on their minimum or slightly more than
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….On both sides of the hockey dispute… Here ya go! A picture is worth a thousand words. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingTrashy's World: What to do during the lockout…
Thanks to CBC sports for this… See the bottom middle? That will be me. (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingTrashy's World: There would be no talk of…
… an NHL lock-out if the egotistic bonehead Bettman didn’t insist on keeping teams in non-viable markets – (the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes and crippled New York Islanders come to mind) Simple. He is scum. And both the owners and players are scum for letting this happen. Again. There will be
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Why Don’t The NHL Players Form A Co-operative?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger What is it exactly that the NHL Owners do to justify the money they make? They don’t skate, check, shoot or score and yet they control professional hockey and send that annoying Gary Bettman around to squeeze out more profits for the owners. He threatens to shut down
Continue readingCo2 Art: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Rio Tinto Alcan Locks Out 800 Workers in Quebec
It seems that corporate tax cuts do not go a long way to slake the thirst of profit loving foreign owned corporations. For example, the news that Rio Tinto Alcan has locked out 800 workers in Quebec. Maybe something you could get away with at some point, like 3 years
Continue readingCo2 Art: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Rio Tinto Alcan Locks Out 800 Workers in Quebec
It seems that corporate tax cuts do not go a long way to slake the thirst of profit loving foreign owned corporations.For example, the news that Rio Tinto Alcan has locked out 800 workers in Quebec. Maybe something you could get away with at some …
Continue readingCo2 Art: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Rio Tinto Alcan Locks Out 800 Workers in Quebec
It seems that corporate tax cuts do not go a long way to slake the thirst of profit loving foreign owned corporations. For example, the news that Rio Tinto Alcan has locked out 800 workers in Quebec. Maybe something you could get away with at some point, like 3 years
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