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Strike 'Ends Unpaid Work' As Union Reaches Deal With Air Canada (therover.ca)

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By resisting the back-to-work order, each union member faced fines of up to $1,000 a day. Since a tentative deal has been reached, this could tilt the scales towards unions who disregard federal use of Section 107.

Yesterday, Mark Hancock, CUPE’s national president, stood in front of dozens of reporters outside Toronto-Pearson airport, undeterred.

“If it means folks like me going to jail, so be it. If it means our union being fined, then so be it,” he said. Hancock insisted he does not believe the government’s order will survive a court challenge, which could take up to 10 years to go through the legal system — and now that a tentative deal has been made it is unclear whether charges will be pursued.

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[-] TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 52 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Finally a « media » that say what we already know :

Every single one of these [27] workers, expressed a common belief that Air Canada had been in contact with the CIRB before the strike was declared, and that the government was prepared to intervene prior to the strike commencing. The union itself has not endorsed this view, noting it remains unverified. […]

Michael Rousseau, the CEO of Air Canada seemed to be completely blindsided. “We thought, obviously, Section 107 would be enforced, and that they wouldn’t illegally avoid (it),” he said in an interview with Bloomberg. In the interview, he admitted that he had made no provisions for the passengers who are currently stranded. […]

Canadian law provides that any individuals who are stranded in the event of a strike are owed a fully paid flight back on another airline, regardless of whether they have an inter-airline agreement or not. It is encouraged by experts to refuse any offer of a refund, since other airlines have exponentially increased their prices to take advantage of consumers who don’t know their legal rights. […]

[-] threeonefour@piefed.ca 58 points 3 days ago

The CEO openly admitting he didn't have any plans in place for if the workers went on strike because he figured the government wouldn't allow them to is mind blowing.