More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants who went on strike early Saturday will be ordered to return to work by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), according to a Saturday announcement by Canadian Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu.
Sometimes, yes. But since the Liberal government has used this around half a dozen times now, major employers are getting the idea that they don’t have to bargain in good faith, don’t have to come to an agreement so they stall, and any proposal is set lower than terms they would otherwise accept, so that the CIRB would impose a “happy medium” (for employers) on the workers.
This can’t keep happening, and if the appeal takes too long, all these unions should come together and solidarity strike.
Sometimes, yes. But since the Liberal government has used this around half a dozen times now, major employers are getting the idea that they don’t have to bargain in good faith, don’t have to come to an agreement so they stall, and any proposal is set lower than terms they would otherwise accept, so that the CIRB would impose a “happy medium” (for employers) on the workers.
This can’t keep happening, and if the appeal takes too long, all these unions should come together and solidarity strike.