Airport strikers at PUB hearings


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Published on January 10, 2013 at 10:25:58
Ashley Fitzpatrick/The Telegram

Striking airport workers protest at PUB hearings in St. John's where PUB vice-chairwoman Darlene Whalen — who is also chairwoman of the St. John’s International Airport Authority's board of directors — is attending Jan. 10, 2013. One protester disrupted the hearings for about five minutes by refusing to leave the meeting room.

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  • Username
    Disgusted
    - January 10, 2013 at 13:41:07

    Honestly, do these union people really expect to get 58% wage increases? And worse again, do they think disrupting the PUB hearings will in any way move their cause forward? Enough is enough. Go back to work, and think about your families. You are just embarrassing them.

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    Robb
    - January 10, 2013 at 13:36:49

    What does the union not get...when you see the wage demands as posted in the Telegram (which was a great thing to do), no one support a crew asking those kind of wages...it is just outrageous.....and of course the union wants to compare themselves to the workers in Halifax......how silly is that.....and you know they have to compare themselves to someone who is making more...no matter where they are.....why don't they compare themselves to Gander or Deer Lake....maybe even the landing strip on Bell Island, but certainly not an airport that is far away, and much bigger than ours....as you can see, they don't have much public support, so they should either just go back to work out of it, or if you don't like the wages, move to Halifax where they pay what you want.

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    • Username
      Disgusted
      - January 10, 2013 at 13:43:12

      ROBB... Well put.

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