Air Canada said on Thursday that the federal Canadian government should be prepared to intervene to prevent a looming pilots' strike that the carrier said could cause disruption for weeks to come.
“We are bargaining. We are committed to reaching a deal. But we are saying that if that fails, the government should be ready to intervene and avoid the disruption,” - Christophe Hennebelle (Air Canada’s vice-president of corporate communications)
this is not what a company that’s negotiating in good faith does
NDP won’t support interference
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday morning the party would not support efforts to force pilots back to work.
“We’re going to send a clear message again that we are opposed to Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, or any government, interfering with workers,” said Singh.
I mean, if you’re going with the libertarian logic, we don’t need unions, but there’s also no such thing as “low-cost labour”. People get paid what they’re worth to employers.
If you want wages higher than that, you need collective bargaining.
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Fun fact, if you can’t strike you don’t have unions.
No, you can quit though, which would have a similar effect if the labour market wasn’t being fucked with low-cost labour.
I mean, if you’re going with the libertarian logic, we don’t need unions, but there’s also no such thing as “low-cost labour”. People get paid what they’re worth to employers.
If you want wages higher than that, you need collective bargaining.