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.]

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Air Canada workers walk off the job

If you've got a flight booked on Air Canada, better get to the airport early.

The airline's 3,800 customer service workers walked off the job early Tuesday morning, after marathon talks failed to break an impasse over two major issues, wages and pensions.

Just after midnight, a grim-faced CAW president Ken Lewenza told reporters that they couldn't reach a deal.

“We will keep pushing the employer to get back to the bargaining table,” he said.

Lewenza said it was a unanimous decision to walk off the job and that the airline has already cancelled 69 flights, something Air Canada has denied.

Airline spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick said he was disappointed by the union's job action.

“It is unfortunate that the CAW chose to put ideology ahead of their members' interest.”

Lines are expected to be long for travellers, as the unionized workers strike in nine major Canadian airports including Toronto's Pearson.

Air Canada says it will have management staff on duty to help passengers check-in and board airplanes. However, it has already warned travellers that it will have a limited number of officials on duty.

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Source: Toronto Star 

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