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Canada’s labour board has ordered Air Canada to resume operations after a nationwide flight attendant strike grounded over 700 flights. The directive, issued following a request from Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu, marks the end of the airline’s first flight attendant walkout since 1985,

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250817-air-canada-to-resume-flights-after-government-ends-flight-attendant-strike


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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (6 children)

If this is a private business, people's right to strike must not ever be infringed. To do so under the pretext of it being an essential service is to admit it should be a crown corporation.

Men in suits can fuck off with their "have their cake and eat it, too" private profit and social loses.

[–] JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Don’t entirely disagree on the essential services angle. With the amount of money the taxpayer provides through bail-outs and special consideration it could almost be a crown-corp. On the other hand, a crown-corp managing an air carrier to traveller expectations is terrifying to me.

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It used to be a crown corporation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada

Canada's national airline originated from the Canadian federal government's 1936 creation of Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), which began operating its first transcontinental flight routes in 1938. In 1965, TCA was renamed Air Canada following government approval. After the deregulation of the Canadian airline market in the 1980s, the airline was privatized in 1988.

[–] JoeDyrt@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

And it worked pretty well too! The crying of the investment elite by hyping up their “private company efficiencies” finally forced the government to privatize Air Canada. Now AC annual profits in the billions but fights tooth and nail to avoid fair pay.

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