Ottawa to probe unpaid airline work allegations key to Air Canada strike (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

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What the?! 88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms (?!). LPC PR damage control in effect:

OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

One of the key complaints from the union representing Air Canada flight attendants is that workers are not paid for duties performed when planes are not in the air.

Hajdu said in an interview with The Canadian Press that she finds those claims "deeply disturbing." She said she has asked the federal labour department if there have been any complaints from the sector about unpaid work, but to her knowledge, there have been none.

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[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

The jobs minister has absolutely heard about it. If not, that's the kind of gross incompetence that should require immediate resignation. She is feigning ignorance because the average shmuck isn't aware of it.

Our governments are functionally equivalent to corporate dictatorships at the state and federal levels. Sure, you can vote for whomever you want on election day, but 90+% of politicians have been pre-screened, pre-positioned, and pre-financed by the wealthy. They act in the oligarchs/corporations financial interests; not the citizens. In capitalism you vote with your wallet, and a small minority hold the majority of the votes.