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Flight attendant union leaders ‘ready to go to jail’ as Air Canada strike outlawed
(www.theguardian.com)
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Not showing up to work will never land you in jail (unless you're in the military). The strike being illegal means workers can be fired.
Unions can also receive fines for organizing illegal strikes. Union heads have gone to jail for organizing illegal strikes, but it's incredibly rare and hasn't happed in decades.
I suppose the corollary to my question then is, "What are the traits that an organized strike must have that makes it immoral or harmful to a society enough to enact punitive legislation?"
Simply put, "Where's the line?", as they say. I understand military necessity, but Air Canada is a business, despite being publicly traded (as far as I know).
The excuse is usually that whatever thing is too important for our economy, as with freight train conductors. But all that says is that the most important people also have the least labour protections and that’s fucked up.
I really don’t know why the government is so involved with Air Canada, and they can go fuck themselves here ‘cause it ain’t their business. You can still fly domestically in Canada, it just costs a lot more because suddenly demand is the same and supply is massively down.