Lisa Raitt sends labour relations back to the 1920s
When I first saw reference to this on Twitter I thought maybe it was some sort of hyperbole. Or that some progressive soul, like myself, prone to Swiftian rhetoric, had…
Air Canada
Occupy Ottawa to Join Air Canada Flight Attendants Rally on Parliament Hill
The General Assembly (GA) of Occupy Ottawa last night resolved to join Air Canada flight attendants’ rally on Parliament Hill at 12:00 noon on Friday, Friday, October 21, 2011. Occupy…
This would be funnier…
… if I couldn’t imagine it actually happening… Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
More belated political musings
I write this from Arizona, where I've been attending a work conference this week in the Phoenix area. I'm staying through the weekend to see some hockey, as the Coyotes…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Trish Hennessy is on board for an Occupy Canada movement:To my friends adopting a wait-and-see approach, I say: The least they can expect from…
Minister’s ‘Super Elite’ upgrade needed no help from above
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/air-canada-passengerlist/?cmp=rss
Air Canada vs CUPE: the company charges ‘bad faith’
It would be funny if I didn't think that the livelihoods of 6,000 or so people hung in the balance. But Air Canada has charged the union with bad faith…
The federal labour board ‘reviews’ the situation at Air Canada
Journalism can be so maddeningly vague at times. This business of the federal labour relations board "reviewing" the negotiations at Air Canada and therefore rendering any strike illegal is just…
Well, Lisa, Just How ‘Sexy’ Were You For the Canadian Industrial Relations Board?
Yeah, I know, cheesy title. Save it. Lisa Raitt’s a aging tart, I can’t do anything to change that. Something about her will perhaps turn me into a female center-left…
Air Canada flight attendants vote down two tentative agreements
Wow. This does not happen a lot. Air Canada flight attendants - CUPE members - have voted down not one but two tentative agreements that the union's leadership was recommending.
And Here We Go Again! Lisa ‘I’m Too Sexy For The Proletariat’ Raitt Is Mad And She Ain’t a Takin’ It No More! Part D’Uh!
Yep, Dear Lisa is busy sharpening her claws and no doubt finding ‘sexy’ ways to stamp on workers, yet again, boys ‘n’ girls, and this time, it’s Air Canada Flight…
Harper’s War on Universal Human Rights Continues
It's Air Canada again. This time it's the 6,800 flight attendants who have voted down an offer from the airline and will be in a legal strike position on Thursday.It…
Viva Manitoba? Much news of latest Orange Wave fails to reach Alberta
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger in Winnipeg in June. The icon to his left indicates women voters, who were obviously paying attention. Leastways, the people have spoken and he is still…
Strike breaking legislation: from premature to preemptive
I don't know what's in the deal reached today between CUPE's Air Canada Component and the company. I'm guessing, since Lisa Raitt said the union would not be allowed to…
Thibodeau v Air Canada
The Federal Court decision in Thibodeau v Air Canada is here. But you can get a sense of the outcome via just about any major national media outlet this afternoon.As…
Parliament In Review: June 16, 2011
While June 16 was a shortened day due to the NDP's weekend convention, it wasn't lacking for a few notes of interest.Issue of the DayWhile the Cons took the opportunity…
Some Food for Thought
Perhaps it is because I am currently reading The Trouble With Billionaires, by Linda McQuaig and Neil Brooks, but I have become especially sensitive to the increasingly shrill anti-union rhetoric…
Rights versus the economy
In uniondom we talk a lot about the 'right to free collective bargaining'. I expect most of us realize the meaning of that phrase is lost on most people in…
Congratulations Elizabeth May on the First Green Party Parliamentary Climb Down!
She says one thing one day, and backs down from it the next. The Green Party of Canada is growing up folks. You see it is doing all the things…
Support The Strikes To Defend Pensions
Usually even the mention of Margaret Wente's name can ruin my day but her article in today's Globe & Mail is actually not too bad in terms of laying out…