Arbitration basically removes any incentive to (and actually punishes) good faith negotiation. At best, any wage increases are split down the middle, you can end up with half assed terms that don’t benefit anyone, and at worst theres nothing (other than “norms”) stopping the arbitrator from inserting clauses neither side asked for nor wanted.
And Air Canada has said as much. They had zero intentions of negotiating in good faith or reimbusing the people who lost their flights. They were blindsided and shit their pants when the union refused to back down to the Liberals, and look how fast they were suddenly able to negotiate once that happened. You can only use arbitration so many times before workers decide that they’ve had enough and refuse to play ball.
Arbitration basically removes any incentive to (and actually punishes) good faith negotiation. At best, any wage increases are split down the middle, you can end up with half assed terms that don’t benefit anyone, and at worst theres nothing (other than “norms”) stopping the arbitrator from inserting clauses neither side asked for nor wanted.
And Air Canada has said as much. They had zero intentions of negotiating in good faith or reimbusing the people who lost their flights. They were blindsided and shit their pants when the union refused to back down to the Liberals, and look how fast they were suddenly able to negotiate once that happened. You can only use arbitration so many times before workers decide that they’ve had enough and refuse to play ball.