Air Canada wildcat strike!

[The Intransigent Faction]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...rticle2378787/

Union leaders urged employees to return to work...that pretty much says it all. Hopefully we see more of this---the more workers are ready to step outside the bounds of when union leaders and capitalist governments tell them they can strike, the more things can really get going in the right direction.
Anyone know more about this?

Air Canada (AC.B-T0.830.011.22%) says it has obtained an injunction that forces an end to a wildcat strike by ground crew at airports in Toronto and Montreal.
Dozens of Air Canada flights have been delayed and cancelled after airport workers walked off their jobs in Canada’s two largest cities, producing widespread disruptions to the airline’s network across North America.

Air Canada described the work stoppage by some baggage handlers and other airport workers as an illegal strike, while federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt had warned that employees who participated in the job action could face stiff fines.
But the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said there will be no disciplinary action or fines after a deal reached with Air Canada in front of an arbitrator on Friday morning.
Union spokesman Bill Trbovich said three suspended workers, who mockingly “slow clapped” Ms. Raitt after her flight arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Thursday night, have now been reinstated with no fines.
Mr. Trbovich, who noted that workers were outraged by the 72-hour suspension of their three colleagues, said union leaders have urged employees to return to work.
If the job action were to be ruled an illegal strike, employees would each face fines of up to $1,000 a day and the union might have faced fines of up to $100,000 a day.

[gorillafuck]

when I worked in a survey center one of the surveys I got was to call pilots for Air Canada and survey them on their union and the company. this is interesting.

best of luck to them.

[blake 3:17]

There was a solidarity action leaving from the librarians' rally a couple of hours ago. The shit is hitting the fan. CUPE 79, with 23000 members will probably be out by Sunday. We're getting hit harder & faster than at any time in my life time.

Air Canada pilots did a "sick in" last week. Is it the Machinists union that is being targeted? During the anti-Harris Days of Action, the Auto Workers were threatened with massive fines (somewhere in the tens of millions of dollars). That got dropped.

[The Intransigent Faction]

Is it the Machinists union that is being targeted?

Machinists and pilots unions.

[the last donut of the night]

canada has a cool history of working class rebellion. props, eh

[l'Enfermé]

Bravo, Canadians! Fuck Lisa Raitt. Of the 3 brave workers that were mocking her, she said "arrest these animals".