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Re: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:59 pm
by rookiepilot
My position, as an outsider, pro small business guy, is hands off on both sides:
1. Employees (in most everything except essential services ) should be free to bargain, including strikes, without interference. Airlines ain't essential.
2. Arbitration? WTF is that? Get lost…..
3. Companies should be free to be able to hire temp replacement workers, but it would obviously be disruptive to their business.
4. Can’t fire striking workers.
Re: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 5:08 pm
by 7ECA
rookiepilot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:59 pm
My position, as an outsider, pro small business guy, is hands off on both sides:
1. Employees (in most everything except essential services ) should be free to bargain, including strikes, without interference. Airlines ain't essential.
2. Arbitration? WTF is that? Get lost…..
3. Companies should be free to be able to hire temp replacement workers, but it would obviously be disruptive to their business.
4. Can’t fire striking workers.
So employees should be free to bargain and strike to achieve gains... but employers should be able to bring in scabs when their employees strike? How exactly does that work, when strikes are designed to increase leverage on an employer?
Re: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2024 5:14 pm
by rookiepilot
7ECA wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 5:08 pm
rookiepilot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:59 pm
My position, as an outsider, pro small business guy, is hands off on both sides:
1. Employees (in most everything except essential services ) should be free to bargain, including strikes, without interference. Airlines ain't essential.
2. Arbitration? WTF is that? Get lost…..
3. Companies should be free to be able to hire temp replacement workers, but it would obviously be disruptive to their business.
4. Can’t fire striking workers.
So employees should be free to bargain and strike to achieve gains... but employers should be able to bring in scabs when their employees strike? How exactly does that work, when strikes are designed to increase leverage on an employer?
Qualified replacement workers, I am guessing, would be rather hard to find enough of, and expensive to train. And why would they work cheaper?
Very expensive option for the company.
Less regulation both ways.
Re: Is WestJet an essential service, where the government can mandate striking pilots back to work?
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2024 12:12 am
by joefo
rookiepilot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:40 pm
5degrees wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 4:00 pm
rookiepilot wrote: ↑Thu Jun 27, 2024 3:30 pm
What happened today?
Sucks you who trusted the Liberals to protect you.
There's a provision that can be used to force the first CBA into arbitration. Are you suggesting that PP or some other con would be any better ? Also what's todays case have to do with replacement workers?
20 bucks says they will be quick to order the AC pilots back to work too.
They can’t. There’s a provision in the CLC allowing arbitration if one side asks for a first contract. Not even close to AC’s situation.