Air Canada employees, get ready for Mr. Harper

Well its that time again! Mr. Harper, Prime Minister of Canada wants to show everyone in the country what he thinks about employees having bargaining rights with a union: he does not like it. Mr. Harper is looking at the possibility to create a bill to force Air Canada employees to go back to work without having a fair contract, meaning employees able to go on strike until a contract deal is agreed with Air Canada management and the union members (employees). If you were not aware of what Mr. Harper did in the past let me get you up to speed. A few months ago Canada Post employees...

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Canada Post employees force back to work this week

Well the time has come, Mr. Harper decided no more, since the negotiations were not going anywhere between the union and Canada Post, let’s make a law to force them back to work. Many Canadians support what Mr. Harper did, but I do not. First of all a union was created to protect the employees from employers, giving them seniority, fair wages, benefits, able to go on strike when renewing a contract if the employees find it unfair, and peace of mind that the employer cannot fire you because he doesn’t like your face. But now Mr. Harper just indirectly destroyed all these...

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