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.]

Sunday, May 27, 2012

CP, union talks break off leaving stage clear for back-to-work legislation

OTTAWA - Canadian Pacific says negotiations with its striking employees have stalled.

The railway company says that the mediator withdrew Sunday afternoon leaving the door open for the government to table legislation to end the five-day old strike.

Earlier, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt had said she was still hopeful the two parties could show progress, but that she would not wait long.

Raitt warned last week that the government is prepared to introduce back-to-work legislation as early as Monday if CP and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference — which represents workers at CP as well as employees at Canadian National Railway (TSX:CN) can't reach a deal.

Raitt signalled her intention to introduce back to work legislation last week and is now in position to table it on Monday, when the House resumes from a week's recess.

About 4,800 unionized CP workers walked off the job Wednesday, halting the company's freight train service across the country.

Original Article
Source: winnipeg free press
Author: The Canadian Press 

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