Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Canadian Auto Workers gives strike notice to Via Rail, deadline set for June 14

MONTREAL - The Canadian Auto Workers union has issued 72-hour strike notice to Via Rail.

The union, which represents about 2,000 customer service, on-board service and maintenance workers at the railway, will be in a legal strike position as of Thursday.

Via Rail and the union have set a strike deadline of June 14, 12:01 a.m.

Contract talks have been ongoing since October.

Union members voted 94 per cent in favour of a strike if necessary.

The union said CAW president Ken Lewenza and the bargaining committee met with Via Rail executives Monday.

"The high strike vote reflects the frustrations and insecurities our members feel at VIA," said Lewenza.

"This is a direct result of a drop in federal funding and VIA’s so-called 'modernization' plan which has seen routes cut, stations closed and de-staffed. This plan is not the path to modernizing Canada’s passenger railway services."

Original Article
Source: winnipegfreepress.com
Author: The Canadian Press 

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