Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Air Canada reaches tentative deal with striking workers

Air Canada staff are headed back to work on Friday morning after the union representing its customer service staff reached a tentative agreement with the airline.

"We have a unanimous tentative agreement recommended by the bargaining committee," Canadian Auto Workers union president Ken Lewenza told reporters at a news conference Thursday afternoon.

"It was a tough battle," he said, adding that the union was "reasonably successful" in the bargaining process.

The sticky issue of pensions is now partly resolved. Existing employees will not see a change in their benefit plan, Lewenza said, but a different plan for new hires will have to be hammered out with the help of a mediator.

"There's no question we would have preferred to win it at the bargaining table," Lewenza said.

The new agreement, which will last four years, will be presented to the union membership for ratification in the next four or five days.

It trumps a move by the government to table back-to-work legislation on Thursday. The law, which will not be debated, would have forced picketers back to work by early next week and forced an arbitrated settlement.

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Source: Ottawa Citien 

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