Air Canada T.AC

Disturbances or full strike ?

[Tempo1]

If I were te ALPA,I would choose to do disturbances instead of a full strike. Moves like rotating local strikes or providing pilots for only 70% of flights will put the government on the edge; is it enough for a back to work move or not? Where is the red line for them?

I think that ALPA guys are smarts and they will avoid a full strike which would be a dead end for them. For sharehorders, many days of disturbances would be worst option.

[NotGonnaWork]

  Company would likely just lock them out if ALPA signalled willingness to go down that road. I'm sure that's part of the impetus for a proactive shutdown.

[Tempo1]

Full of sense, interesting to look at the strategic game (including the finger pointing game) in the days ahead.

[jjwilson]

One thing to remember is that the media in this country has a strong pro-company bias in their reporting.  I don't know why this is.  Maybe it's an anti-union bias, maybe trying maintain a cosy relationship for advertising dollars maybe the companies just have better connections to the editors?  I don't know the reason but the result is that almost all of the reporting

[NotGonnaWork]

  If current polling is to believed, the majority of the country harbours an anti-union bias right now. At least by proxy given the overwhelmingly support for a Conservative government. If there is a strike, public sentiment will be firmly against it - especially if it's protracted and causes significant disruption. Meanwhile the conservatives will attempt to pin the entire messy

[jjwilson]

If I were te ALPA,I would choose to do disturbances instead of a full strike. Moves like rotating local strikes or providing pilots for only 70% of flights will put the government on the edge; is it enough for a back to work move or not? Where is the red line for them? I think that ALPA guys are smarts and they will avoid a full strike which would be a dead end for them. For sharehorders, many